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Folks,
Last August I announced on this list that my partner and I
were working on a project to revive the sort of old-fashioned
paperback crime novel we all love -- the sort made famous by
Gold Medal, Dell, Avon, Popular Library, Lion, Graphic, et.
al. A number of you were extremely helpful, making
suggestions for possible reprints, submitting possible
originals, or just offering words of support, all of which
was much appreciated. I promised to keep everyone posted as
things progressed, and we now have a little bit of progress
to report.
While we're still seven months away from the publication of
our first books, as of a few days ago we launched an early
version of our Web site: www.hardcasecrime.com. Ultimately,
you'll be able to order the books there, but that's still
some way off. You can already take a look at our first four
covers, though, and get a bit of information about the first
six books we'll be publishing. We're pretty excited about the
line -- I hope you guys like it, too.
A couple of things that aren't mentioned on the Web site
yet:
1) All the books will be mass market paperbacks. (Just like
in the old days -- no fancy, oversized trade pbs for us. If
you can't fit it in your back pocket, it's not a proper
paperback...) The price of each book is likely to be $6.99.
(Yeah, I was hoping to sell them for 25 cents, but for some
reason the publisher nixed that idea.)
2) You should be able to find the books on Amazon.com and
other online sites when the time comes; if things work out
the way we hope, we should also be available in most
bookstores, truckstops, military PXs, and (as they say)
"anywhere books are sold."
3) One of the books I'm most excited about publishing is an
original slated for an early 2005 release: KISS HER GOODBYE
by RARA-AVIS's own Al Guthrie! It's a fantastic book,
extremely well written, with memorable characters, an
unfamiliar setting, and a very satisfying hardboiled story to
tell. More on this as we get closer to the pub date, but I
wanted to congratulate Al and start spreading the word in a
way he might be too modest to do for himself.
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, let me
know. In particular, any ideas you have for things we can do
(when the time comes) to get the word out about the existence
of these books would be great...
Best, Charles
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