I suppose it is not completely out of the realm of possibility, but I'm not there yet. I figure one almost isn't too discouraging. I just received a request for a full manuscript from another publisher, so I've sent off my baby and I'm trying not to get too worked up this time.
Sounds like a very exciting time!
I’m ashamed to say that a long time ago, I once asked that same question. The person’s smile slipped a little. I never asked again
You probably know (at least) as much about this as I do, but I understand that if you go the self-published route, the ‘first publisher’s rights’, which are apparently very commercially attractive, will have been taken. For a publisher to then come after you and buy the book at that stage, it would probably have to be an extraordinary piece of work.
I know that this sounds imprecise. It’s because I don’t fully understand the mechanism yet
I agree with holding back on that option. I was just thinking that if the choice is between leaving a manuscript to wither on the bookshelf or to self-publish, I would want to get my work on the market, albeit with smallish returns.
I haven’t written the blurb yet, because the emphasis may change a little in the next few weeks, so I know what I’m going to say next is dull: it’s a love story. It considers what you would be prepared to do to protect someone who you love. If you also enjoy gastronomy, France, history and don’t object to a sprinkling of murder, then it may be a novel for you
