BSFA Mailing
Posted in BSFA, BSFA Awards at 11:21 pm on 22 December 2009
The latest BSFA mailing dropped through my letter box yesterday. It’s been a while. I thought they’d forgotten about me.
No Focus but the Vector is a J. G. Ballard special.
Plus there was a freebie book, Winter Song, by Colin Harvey, published by the relatively new SF imprint Angry Robot. Presumably they think the PR accruing from this will outweigh any possible loss of sales.
Or maybe it’s just an attempt to get it on the BSFA Award Ballot….
Cynical? Moi?
Tags: BSFA, BSFA Awards
Marco @ Angry Robot
December 23, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Oh bugger, we hadn’t thought about hyping it for the BSFA Awards. Good suggestion!
For us it’s two things: 1) for sure, getting Colin’s work in front of the nation’s premier SF readers, knowing his next novel Damage Time is due in late spring of next year; and 2) doing something nice for Xmas.
So, cynically or not, happy xmas!
jackdeighton
December 23, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Good to know your motives were pur(ish.)
PS Doing something nice for Christmas:-
You wouldn’t want to reconsider the rejection of the novel I sent you earlier this year?
Thought not.
It was an encouraging rejection, though. Thanks for that.
Skirvkat
December 23, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Cynical – never. Giving books away free is just a way of making sure that another book contract is forthcoming for the author. It’s just reality I’m afraid.
Winter Song by Colin Harvey – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
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