Penguin Canada accepts Watch
I have separate editors in New York and Toronto. Ginjer Buchanan, my New York editor at Ace, accepted Watch on Tuesday, March 17, and today Laura Shin, my editor at Penguin Group (Canada), accepted it, too, saying, "Watch is wonderful!"
Yay!
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Posted by Rob on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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How would that work? Could they ask for revisions, which would make the Canadian and American versions of the book different?
In theory, yes; in practice, no. They're sharing a print run, so the text ultimately has to be identical on both sides of the border.
Another advantage to having the Canadian rights being sold to a subsidiary of the American publisher, aside from the higher Canadian royalty percentages.
Do worldwide English sales go under the same level of editing, and potential for revisions? American and British diction and spelling could be different enough to warrant localized (or is that localised?) editions. I assume those would be minor copyedit revisions though.
Yes, that's done sometimes. Famous examples include BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY and the first Harry Potter book.
American and British diction and spelling could be different enough to warrant localized (or is that localised?) editions.
I've never understood the need for localized versions of books in English. When I read a novel from the UK, I want UK spelling and punctuation. It's jarring to read idiomatic dialogue with spelling from another country. Do people really have that much difficulty with single vs. double quotes or 's' vs 'z'?
Hi, John F. Apparently, some American publishers think it is for some Americans. I've never understood it either.
I've noticed another version of this involving TV commercials. Once in a while, a UK or Australian commercial for a product is aired in North America. They leave the original actors' voices intact on Canadian stations, and dub over them on American TV. Very odd.
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