And there are two more in the works: Grantville Gazette IX and an anthology of stories set in the New World.Ģ4 volumes published by Ring of Fire Press, set in the Ring of Fire universe (for which, yes, the publishing house is named). And there will be another one coming sometime next year, 1636: Calabar’s War, by Charles Gannon and Robert Waters.ġ2 anthologies published by Baen Books of short fictions set in the series, eight of which are collections of stories from the magazine Grantville Gazette and four of which are the Ring of Fire volume collections of original fiction. Gribblotz by Kerryn Offord and Rick Boatright 1636: The Wars For the Rhine by Anette Pedersen, and 1636: The Flight of the Nightingale by David Carrico. ( 1635: The Tangled Web by Virginia DeMarce 1636: Seas of Fortune by Iver Cooper 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. And there are two more coming later this year: 1636: The Atlantic Encounter in August and 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line in November.Ħ volumes published by Baen Books of other authors. (That soundsīetter than “has spawned.” I mean, it’s a book, not a salmon.)Īs of this date-February 19, 2020, now recordedĢ3 novels published by Baen Books of which I am either the author or a co-author. Since February of 2000, 1632 has become the basis for a long-running series. Payments for the book somewhere between $4,000 and $5,000.īut the novel doesn’t stand on its own terms-and So-called “electronic piracy”-keep in mind that 1632 has been available electronically FOR FREE for about the lastĮighteen years and… still just keeps selling and selling. Which has a book that maintains an 88% sell-through over two decades has essentiallyīeen able to legally print money for all that time. Sell-through, which is like incredibly, spectacularly good. Twenty years, and has sold over 140,000 copies in paperback with a 88%
Since then, Baen Books has done a special edition leather-bound hardcover edition ($36.00 a copy BUT CHEAP AT THE PRICE) that has sold 765 copies at a 77% sell-through.įurthermore, the novel is still in print after That was the initial hardcover print run. The industry average is around 50%, so 69% is very good, Lingo, “sell-through” means the percentage of books printed and shipped thatĪre actually sold. For those of you not familiar with publishing Hardcover, which was very good at the time for hardcover sales. It sold-this is takenĭirectly from my royalty reports so there’s no fudging at all-7,458 copies in To begin with, it was successful on its own terms. It was published earlier than the 18 th day of the month.
The book was indeed published in February of 2000, but I’m pretty sure Using the term “exactly” with some poetic The old fart in this instance being me-and what Hoity-toity way of saying “old farts forget stuff.” Officially translates as “time flies.” What it really is, though, is a
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