View Single Post
Old 07-31-2013, 10:54 PM   #204
HansTWN
Wizard
HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.HansTWN ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 4,538
Karma: 264065402
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Taiwan
Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD
Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
If Rowling ever becomes convinced you are right, she'll never let Hachette publish her again. Considering that, I don't think the publisher had such a motive.


It's impossible to know how timely it was. If it had taken a couple more years for this to come out, perhaps the publisher would have benefited even more.

FYI, here's the publisher ownership chain:

The Cuckoo's Calling is published by Sphere Publishing.

Sphere is an imprint of the Little Brown Book Group.

Little Brown's parent company is Hachette.

Hachette's parent is Lagardère Publishing.

The parent of Lagardère Publishing is the Lagardère Group.

According to my last Wikipedia link, the owner of the Lagardère Group is the Government of France. I'm not certain this is correct, but neither do I think Hachette's sole goal in business is to make as much money as possible this quarter.
I am just brainstorming and don't want to claim I have it all figured out. But since there will be no new Harry Potter books waiting might not have helped since Rowling's popularity will decrease over time. I think we can all agree it would be best for the publisher if the secret is revealed at some point in time. We are talking a little over a 1000 books compared to the possible sale of 100 of 1000s.

Last edited by HansTWN; 07-31-2013 at 10:56 PM.
HansTWN is offline   Reply With Quote