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Old 06-26-2009, 07:00 PM   #121
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Good on you Boyd, hope you get a good deal from the publishing companies (believe me, you deserve it, your stuff is easily better than most of the thrillers I read last year).
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:11 PM   #122
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No, even if a book is pulled, you should still have access to it in Manage Your Kindle on Amazon.com
Good call. Just tried it and it worked just fine
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Old 06-27-2009, 07:04 PM   #123
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Congratulations, Boyd! Well deserved. I've raced through all three of your freebies and they were very good (with the obvious caveat that The Adamas Blueprint was written years before the other two). The class you've shown in interacting with the MR forum members have earned you much respect and loads of future customers.
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Old 06-28-2009, 07:13 AM   #124
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Sending you my congratulations, Boyd. Better late than never!
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Old 06-28-2009, 02:25 PM   #125
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Congratulations Mr. Morrison. I really enjoyed The Adamas Blueprint, and am looking forward to reading the other 2 soon. You have a lot of people here eagerly awaiting your future published works. Good luck.
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Old 06-28-2009, 02:39 PM   #126
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Are the books still available for download? I visited Boyd's website but couldn't find a download link....
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Old 06-28-2009, 02:44 PM   #127
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Boyd has pulled his books both from his site and Amazon.
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I already said this in my email but congrats to Boyd! Looks like his dream is about to come true.
They are no longer available until further notice.
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Old 06-28-2009, 03:23 PM   #128
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Thanks for your reply. I wish his books are published.
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Old 06-28-2009, 05:31 PM   #129
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Bummer, guess I'm late to the party. Still, if they aren't too expensive I'll pick them up when they reappear on Amazon.

EDIT: And might I add congrats to Boyd. I hope the books are a big success in the "real" publishing world.

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Old 07-06-2009, 06:38 PM   #130
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Hi everyone!

Sorry for my long radio silence, but I had to keep quiet during negotiations. But now they're over and I can make a big announcement.

Simon and Schuster's Touchstone imprint will be publishing The Ark and the second novel in the Tyler Locke adventure series! I'm so excited! The Ark will come out in hardcover in the US and Canada in 2010. In addition, the rights to The Ark have been sold in seven foreign markets, including the UK, Germany, and Italy. We're still working on possible deals for The Palmyra Impact and The Adamas Blueprint, but I will make sure those are in readers hands again at some point.

Thanks to everyone here for their kind words and their support. I know it made a difference, and it's quite an honor that so many of you took the time to read the books of an unknown author like me.

Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll tell you what I can. I look forward to getting to work on my next Tyler Locke thriller. Thanks again!

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Old 07-06-2009, 07:24 PM   #131
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Congratulations, Boyd!! Your success is well deserved. I/we will be looking forward to your future works and I hope you won't forget us here on Mobileread when you become famous.

Thank you again for your generous contribution!

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Old 07-06-2009, 07:49 PM   #132
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Wow... that's great.. no one would touch it, and now they are going to hard cover.... amazing.

...but 2010... bummer! What takes so long to print a book? I assume there will be some tweaking and editing... but wow.

You didn't mention anything about ebook formats? Don't they have their own ebook store (I'm thinking Star Trek books here)?

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Old 07-06-2009, 08:20 PM   #133
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Wow... that's great.. no one would touch it, and now they are going to hard cover.... amazing.

...but 2010... bummer! What takes so long to print a book? I assume there will be some tweaking and editing... but wow.

You didn't mention anything about ebook formats? Don't they have their own ebook store (I'm thinking Star Trek books here)?

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Some editing yes, but mostly the reason for the lengthy time span is because there are only a certain number of spaces in book stores, so they need to find a slot that's not already filled by John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, and other established bestsellers. Plus it takes time to get the marketing machine cranked up.

Simon and Schuster/Touchstone and my foreign publishers all have the electronic rights, so I'll be working with them to figure out how to do the e-book releases.
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Old 07-07-2009, 04:29 AM   #134
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Well done - it's good to hear someone we 'know' (or at least know of!) has got a contract! I suspect 2010's pretty fast too, as it's only 6 to 18 mths!

Just out of curiosity, do you have any indication if it was just a matter of finally getting the manuscript to the right person at the right time, or if they'd been following the ebooks, e.g. the Kindle bestseller lists, or a combination?
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Well done - it's good to hear someone we 'know' (or at least know of!) has got a contract! I suspect 2010's pretty fast too, as it's only 6 to 18 mths!

Just out of curiosity, do you have any indication if it was just a matter of finally getting the manuscript to the right person at the right time, or if they'd been following the ebooks, e.g. the Kindle bestseller lists, or a combination?
Thanks, Gwyn! I think it was a fortuitous combination of factors. I already had an agent who is well-known in NY publishing circles, so when my books did well on the Kindle bestseller lists, she had new information to share when she started sending it to editors again. She could also point to the great Amazon reviews my books were getting and the blurbs I'd received from bestselling authors like James Rollins and Douglas Preston. Then as you said, it was a matter of finding an editor enthusiastic about my work, which I was lucky enough to find.
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