Recent International Titles

France, Scandal Wears Satin

I always get a kick out of seeing my stories translated into other languages, and imagining my books—and eBooks—in the hands of readers all over the world.

Here are a few that recently arrived on my doorstep.

Czech Republic, Lord of Scoundrels

Slovenia, Last Night's Scandal

Vietnam, Lord of Scoundrels

Complaint Department

Rowlandson, Doctor Syntax

Along with sending those delicious emails telling me you love my books—no, I never get tired of  them, so please go on writing as the spirit moves you—some of you have approached the Complaints Window.

Here are the main ones:

How come I still  can’t get your recent books on Amazon UK?

What’s up with all the errors on the Regency eBooks?

Why can’t I find the eBook in the digital version I need, i.e., not Kindle or Nook?

OK, eBooks are fine for some people, but when are you going to make those earlier books available in print?

How much longer must I wait for the audio edition?

The majority of readers phrase their requests/unhappiness more courteously and tactfully than this.  I boiled it down to essentials to keep this short and to the point.

The main answer is that all these issues are being addressed.  Following are the details, as I have them.

Richard Dagley, Taking Thought

We’re not sure why there’s so much difficulty with Amazon UK, and we’re looking into it.  The first three Carsington books should be available now, and the others very soon.

We’ve seen differences in quality, depending on the type of digital reader.  Meanwhile, though, the team is proofreading like crazy and promises to get everything fixed ASAP.

At this point, all books that have been digitized ought to be available in all formats.
Note that Amazon & others allow readers to download the books to read on their computers or other devices without requiring the retailer's device.

We are in the process of ironing out details for Print-On-Demand editions of the eBooks.

I’m not sure what’s going on with audio books.  I know discussions have been ongoing, but I don’t have a progress report yet.

I apologize for things taking so long.  The trouble is, every version of my books involves some kind of contract negotiations.  Sometimes these don’t work out and we have to start from scratch.  At other times, it’s a long back-and-forth.  And then there’s the matter of implementing whatever technology it is, and getting everything set up with retailers (like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.)  My agency has been working hard on these matters—and there are a lot of things to work on!  If only we could wave a magic wand or something.  But hey, if I had one of those, I’d write way faster.

Illustrations courtesy Ancestry Images.

Books in Slovenia

These two arrived recently—my first titles in Slovenian!

Don't Tempt Me

Your Scandalous Ways

Germany, Indonesia, Italy editions

Here are the latest arrivals from outside the U.S.

Germany-Your Scandalous Ways

Italy-Don't Tempt Me

Indonesia-Miss Wonderful

The Last Hellion, now in Italian

This arrived in today's mail, a delightful post-Thanksgiving gift:  the Italian edition of The Last Hellion, enticingly titled, L'ultimo libertino.  This is one of the few non-English languages I can read, though not well.  With the aid of a very large Italian dictionary, I can work it out at about one page per hour.

Silk is for Seduction—the French edition

Another interesting take on cover art.

Lord of Scoundrels in Croatia

I love getting the international editions of my books.  Today's mail brought the Croatian edition of Lord of Scoundrels, in both hardcover and paperback.

You can see it on the publisher's page by scrolling down here.

Silk is for Seduction in Spain

Just received my author copies of the Spanish edition of Silk is for Seduction.  And here, for your viewing pleasure, is another of Cisne's beautiful covers.

French edition of The Last Hellion

This just arrived.  I particularly love the series title the French editions have given my first four historical romances—The Lion's Daughter, Captives of the Night, Lord of Scoundrels, and The Last Hellion.

In France, the series is Les Débauchés.

Now why didn't I think of that?

Recent foreign editions

Having sent Scandal Wears Satin (2nd Dressmakers book) into production shortly before Christmas, and having spent a few days finding and gathering what remains of my brain, I'm happy to present the most recently arrived foreign editions.

 Last Night's Scandal-Italian edition

The Lion's Daughter-French edition

            

Recent Foreign Editions

These editions of Last Night's Scandal recently arrived.

Turkish edition

Spanish edition

20th Birthday of Aventures & Passions

From 7 September through 15 November, Aventures & Passions, a romance line of French publishers J'Ai Lu, celebrate their twentieth birthday.  In honor of the occasion, we authors were asked to make short videos.

You can find mine here.

Readers in France can enter a contest for a trip to Venice.  Yes, Venice!  If you're reading this, and you're in France, I think you won't want to miss this opportunity.

Latest foreign editions

Left:  French edition of Last Night's Scandal.
Right: Slovak edition of Lord of Scoundrels.

 

 Below:  Spanish edition of Don't Tempt Me.

Recent foreign editions

Just thought I'd share two covers from abroad that arrived recently, both for Your Scandalous Ways, my Venice-set book.

 I scanned the spine on this Czech version to show the way the cover art flows into it.  I wonder if this cover has appeared elsewhere:  Amid the flowery lace is written 92 Pino.  Does anyone remember seeing this picture before? 

 

And here's the German edition:

Ebooks abroad

Just shoot me now.

I should have titled this blog “Ebooks in Hell.”

I have received several messages from irate disappointed readers regarding problems they’re having getting Last Night's Scandal in ebook format in the UK and Australia.

For the record:  I did not forbid anybody to sell ebooks of my stories in any country.  Neither did my agent or my publisher.

What happened is that ebook sales went suddenly from nowhere to somewhere, and the publishing world wasn’t ready.  You took them by surprise, ebook readers.  Now they’re all going, “Eeek—what do we do?” and running around screaming and clutching their heads.

At least in my imagination they are.

I am not sure why they weren’t ready or why they’re having such a hard time working this out.  It seems as though it should be so simple.  Book distributors and retailers have been navigating the shoals of foreign rights/tax laws/duties, etc. forever. I have no trouble getting a print book from the UK or Australia.  I just click the button at the online bookstore.  You’d think ebooks would, if anything, be easier to buy than print books.  There’s no packing and shipping.  You click the button and Presto! the book magically appears in the device of your (Gentle Reader’s) choosing.  What, exactly, is the problem?

Believe me, I did try to find out.  And now I have a headache and would like some very strong medication, because it's even nuttier than I supposed.  There’s apparently some confusion among some retailers about where they can legally ship ebooks and there are some import issues and misunderstandings about territorial restrictions.  And then there’s that thing where everybody and his Great Aunt Sophronia is coming out with a new, wonderful ebook reader—and so is this one allowed here and is that one allowed there and can this store sell this one when it already sells that one?

There’s more, but this is as much as I understand and can relate coherently.

However, they will sort it out—and soon.

Meanwhile, Gentle Reader, I ask for your forbearance.

Illustrations courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. USA.  Above left:  Beauty holding a book, by Toyonobu Ishikawa, c. 1742.  Below right: Albert Morris Bagby's new novel Miss Traumerei, by Ethel Reed, 1895.

Books in France and Japan

One of the thrills of my job is seeing the foreign versions of my books.  Here are some that came in recently.  Here's what Miss Wonderful looks like in Japan:

 In France, here's Not Quite a Lady:

And Your Scandalous Ways: