Colin Cotterill - Great Books & Gracious Author

poohbear_nc · 07-09-2009, 03:56 PM

Colin Cotterill has created a wonderful series of offbeat mysteries set in post-war Laos in the 1970s featuring Dr. Siri (a 78 year old unretired coroner) solving weird deaths with equally offbeat side-kicks. They are funny, spritual, thought-provoking, and a hoot to read. I highly recommend them to any mystery enthusiast.

His first two books are available at fictionwise in multiformat editions.

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b8...otterill/?si=0

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b8...otterill/?si=0

I recently emailed him directly to ask if the rest of the series was going to become available as ebooks. Not only did he personally reply to my email, he shared the story how his (now) ex-agent was responsible for the first two books becoming available as ebooks. Apparently, it is now up to Soho whether the rest become available as ebooks. I plan to email Soho for an update.

It is refreshing to get a real, hand-typed (with typos), personal response to an email, rather than a canned response that doesn't really address your questions.

poohbear_nc · 07-10-2009, 08:28 AM

An update - Soho has confirmed that they are converting all their catalog (that they still own the rights to) to ebooks - unfortunately only Kindle for now.

Due to the mishap with the agent (mentioned in the previous post), Soho does not have the ebook rights to the Cotterill books - we may have to wait for those until the agent question gets settled.

zelda_pinwheel · 07-12-2009, 10:45 AM

added to my wishlist, thank you ! i love mysteries and those look really good. and it's always nice to support a gracious author, particularly when the books are available drm-free.

07-09-2009, 03:56 PM	#1
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,942 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Colin Cotterill - Great Books & Gracious Author Colin Cotterill has created a wonderful series of offbeat mysteries set in post-war Laos in the 1970s featuring Dr. Siri (a 78 year old unretired coroner) solving weird deaths with equally offbeat side-kicks. They are funny, spritual, thought-provoking, and a hoot to read. I highly recommend them to any mystery enthusiast. His first two books are available at fictionwise in multiformat editions. http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b8...otterill/?si=0 http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b8...otterill/?si=0 I recently emailed him directly to ask if the rest of the series was going to become available as ebooks. Not only did he personally reply to my email, he shared the story how his (now) ex-agent was responsible for the first two books becoming available as ebooks. Apparently, it is now up to Soho whether the rest become available as ebooks. I plan to email Soho for an update. It is refreshing to get a real, hand-typed (with typos), personal response to an email, rather than a canned response that doesn't really address your questions.

07-10-2009, 08:28 AM	#2
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,942 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	An update - Soho has confirmed that they are converting all their catalog (that they still own the rights to) to ebooks - unfortunately only Kindle for now. Due to the mishap with the agent (mentioned in the previous post), Soho does not have the ebook rights to the Cotterill books - we may have to wait for those until the agent question gets settled. Last edited by poohbear_nc; 07-10-2009 at 08:30 AM.

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07-12-2009, 10:45 AM	#3
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	added to my wishlist, thank you ! i love mysteries and those look really good. and it's always nice to support a gracious author, particularly when the books are available drm-free.

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