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I'm new here, although I've lurked before joining. I wasn't sure where to ask this question and I've tried Google but haven't come up with anything. Anyway, I'm a self-published author and have about ten works available and have been doing this for over six years. Out of the blue in June, I received an email (sent via my website contact form) from a major film agencies. One of the top four in Hollywood, actually. It was very brief, just had the title of one of my books in the subject line, the person identified themselves as being from the agency, and asked if the film/television rights were available. I wrote back, thanking them for the inquiry and that yes, they were available. In reply--which I might add, was sent in less than an hour from my reply-- was just a quick 'thank you'. The person who inquired is probably an assistant to the actual agent. I figured this out because there was a name in parenthesis beside the email addy of the person who replied to me. I checked, and sure enough, there is an agent there with that last name.
Of course, I was all excited. The book has sold fairly well. (over 50k) and once reached the top 20, but that was years ago. Now, it's a steady seller and has over a thousand reviews with a good rating. I should know by now not to get excited about this kind of thing, and I'm not really, anymore, but I couldn't help imagining my book as a movie. *sigh*.
Anyway, my question...should I write to them and ask if they are still interested? Or just let it go. I figure they probably had a few books they were looking into and mine was in the running for something, but didn't make the final cut to move it to the next level. I don't want to pester them, I just want to know for sure that they are no longer interested. Mostly, I'm just curious. Like I said, I Googled the film agency and didn't find a whole lot of mentions from other authors. A few had the agency listed on their website as being repped by that agency for film, but as far as I can tell, they are all trade published authors, not self-published. I had hoped to find stories from other authors hoping I'd find out how things turned out for them, but couldn't find any that had the same situation as I had.
Of course, I was all excited. The book has sold fairly well. (over 50k) and once reached the top 20, but that was years ago. Now, it's a steady seller and has over a thousand reviews with a good rating. I should know by now not to get excited about this kind of thing, and I'm not really, anymore, but I couldn't help imagining my book as a movie. *sigh*.
Anyway, my question...should I write to them and ask if they are still interested? Or just let it go. I figure they probably had a few books they were looking into and mine was in the running for something, but didn't make the final cut to move it to the next level. I don't want to pester them, I just want to know for sure that they are no longer interested. Mostly, I'm just curious. Like I said, I Googled the film agency and didn't find a whole lot of mentions from other authors. A few had the agency listed on their website as being repped by that agency for film, but as far as I can tell, they are all trade published authors, not self-published. I had hoped to find stories from other authors hoping I'd find out how things turned out for them, but couldn't find any that had the same situation as I had.