JK Rowling Publishing under a Pseudonym

[Apache]

Originally Posted by KNI

I surely hope Rowling favors us with many more books, making this into a series.

Cheers

KNI

Me too.
Apache

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by KNI

I surely hope Rowling favors us with many more books, making this into a series.

Cheers

KNI

It is.
The second is scheduled for next summer.
Which means she is likely working on the third right now.

[wizwor]

I don't see what the big deal is. She wanted to prove she wasn't a one-hit-wonder so she published something anonymously. When it turned out her name was worth more than her writing, she leaked the secret and made some money. That doesn't mean the new book was not good. It simply shows the value of brand. She has one that is worth something.

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by wizwor

I don't see what the big deal is. She wanted to prove she wasn't a one-hit-wonder so she published something anonymously. When it turned out her name was worth more than her writing, she leaked the secret and made some money. That doesn't mean the new book was not good. It simply shows the value of brand. She has one that is worth something.

No, that's not what happened.

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

I can't find it. I've googled "Rowling The Cuckoo’s Calling suburban housewife in Surrey" and only got two relevant results, one from 21 hours ago and one from one day ago. The other search results seem to come up because of ads for stories about Rowling on pages that mention suburban, housewife or Surrey.

I've seen many stories that said that the tweet was anonymous, even as close as two days ago:


So can you give me a link to this story?

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...s-8714109.html

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by Synamon

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...s-8714109.html

Originally Posted by Andrew H.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...s-8714109.html

Thanks. I don't understand why it was said that the tweet was anonymous if it came from @JudeCallegari.

[K. Molen]

Here's a pretty good article on this whole affair, including a bit of a timeline as well as quotes of the fateful tweets that set it all off:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...us-author.html

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by K. Molen

Here's a pretty good article on this whole affair, including a bit of a timeline as well as quotes of the fateful tweets that set it all off:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...us-author.html

All the articles that I've read before were saying that the tweet was from July 9th.

[K. Molen]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

All the articles that I've read before were saying that the tweet was from July 9th.

I think those articles are all wrong. I've attached a screenshot of India Knight's tweets, taken from Business Insider. In the attached screenshot you can clearly see they're from July 10th, corroborating the article from The Telegraph.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I imagine that the Law Society (the professional oversight body for the legal profession in England) might well have something to say to the gentleman concerned about this breach of client confidentiality.

Pass the port, probably.

[Apache]

I finished reading the book and am eagerly waiting upon the arrival of the next one. I was never a fan of the Harry Potter Books, but this book is well worth reading. I highly recommend it.
Apache

[speakingtohe]

Originally Posted by Apache

I finished reading the book and am eagerly waiting upon the arrival of the next one. I was never a fan of the Harry Potter Books, but this book is well worth reading. I highly recommend it.
Apache

I too just finished the book. Took me longer than usual as I was trying to note things I never really note, such as style, descriptions etc.

Great use of language IMO, characters you could identify with for the most part, although quite a hodgepodge of character types.
Not really a spoiler story wise but might affect your reading of book.

Spoiler:

It's almost as if she had a list the typical reluctant police contact who is partners with a prehistoric dinosaur, the quiet but useful Watson type, the befuddled witnesses, and countless more
I was a bit disappointed in the ending. Too many things concluded at once with little lead in to some of them. I am sure that all the clues were carefully placed Agatha Christie style, and it was logical but just a bit too much all in one great chunk. I had a feeling of WTF I know you want to finish writing the book today, but maybe a nap would have helped.
.

A very good book if it was by a first author, and I've certainly read a lot I have enjoyed less.

Helen

[estelle58]

Originally Posted by Apache

I finished reading the book and am eagerly waiting upon the arrival of the next one. I highly recommend it.
Apache

Same here

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by KNI

The one discouraging factor - that some idiot publisher turned the book down, of course not knowing who really wrote it - but that a work of this quality could be rejected by any qualified publisher is truly an indictment of the publishing industry. No wonder so many newer authors go to self publishing via the electronic route.

It wasn't turned down for being badly written, but simply because the publisher didn't think it would sell well.
And, until JK Rowling's name was attached to it, it didn't sell well, so they were right.

[tompe]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

It wasn't turned down for being badly written, but simply because the publisher didn't think it would sell well.
And, until JK Rowling's name was attached to it, it didn't sell well, so they were right.

But it did not sell bad either for a new author. It sold OK.