JAPANESE VERSION OF HOOKED

 Hi folks,

Finally got my copy of the Japanese version of Hooked. They made a beautiful book!

Japanese publisher Film Art, Inc. is the publisher. Out of the blue one day, I got an email from a former agent of mine that they'd contacted him and wanted to purchase the Japanese rights to Hooked. He hadn't been my agent on it, so he got in touch with me and they made me a very generous offer of a $2,500 advance against royalties, which I happily took. It's rare for a book to sell foreign rights after it's been out 17 years, but Hooked has been mighty kind to me. I still get substantial royalties each year from Penguin who own the U.S. rights after Writer's Digest went bankrupt.

Film Art, Inc. came out with an initial run of 3,000 copies. Please tell all of your Japanese writer friends they can now buy it in their native language!

And, here's the original!

Blue skies,

Les

REVEAL--ITALIAN COVER OF THE DEATH OF TARPONS

 Hi folks,

Here's the cover of the Italian edition of my first novel, THE DEATH OF TARPONS. They changed the title to (to quote my editor, Loretta Santini, of Elliot Edizioni) The Italian title will be  “La morte dei re d’argento” (The death of the Silver Kings).

She says: I think it’d be better because it sounds beautiful and, unfortunately, nobody knows what the Tarponi are!

I hope you agree with this.

THE DEATH OF THE SILVER KINGS (THE DEATH OF TARPONS)  It's scheduled for release at the end of October.

I LOVE MY ITALIAN PUBLISHER!

Again, thanks to my good friend Mauro Falciani who made all of this possible!

Blue skies,

Les