Comments on: In Response to "In Response to "In Response to [My Previous Post]"" http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: BeJewels http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-15000 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:09:56 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-15000 Hello! Yes I am new. please get over it.
~Aimee:
I have been following these too and they are already quite comedic as well as interesting. lol
~Anon 11:11:
Faster is better *if* they got to it. Sometimes they are, unfortunately, put on the bottom of the pile accidentally when they are rushing with current project. When they finally read the wonderful ms, and find that they really would like to represent it, there may be mere days they have until it is auctioned. So *rushed* can be hastily put together for something they liked for another reason than they sat on it knowing what it was about.
~Vodka Mom
So funny I have to laugh at your name. You're a teacher and a writer and you like to drink. I have loved reading your comments when I can find them. Sophisticated and funny, you usually say something I am thinking. Reality shows! lol thank you!
~Reesha
What an interesting thought. I have seen such tactics used in other businesses I have been involved in, and I wonder the same thing. so…
~Michael
Why do you keep the preferred price off the table? Is it so often very far under what you bring at auction that it becomes moot? Then why not have a better dream price when going in? Up is better; no?

All in all this was fascinating! I love the thoughts I've read and the ones that provoked more of my own. Thank you. I am off to that Nathan one now. I think I've heard of him actually….

]]> By: suzie http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14985 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:46:57 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14985 This has been a really interesting dialogue. Thanks for sharing this discussion.

]]> By: Mariana http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14980 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:44:04 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14980 Indeed great discussion! I guess in the end we should agree that there are many points of view, and each situation requires a specific approach.

Maybe that's similar to what Nathan Bransford says: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/08/publishing-time.html

Thanks for stimulating such great reflection!

]]> By: Michael http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14973 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:03:32 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14973 Hi, Reesha –

The "Buy Now" price is like a preempt, in which the publisher makes an offer in hopes of taking the project off the table. The difference is that we don't name our price, that's all!

– Michael

]]> By: Reesha http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14972 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:47:28 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14972 Wow, this is great.

In response to all the in responses, I have one tiny thought. (And please keep in mind that I'm a newbie at the business of writing. I have no idea of this will work or not.)

I play a certain computer game a lot where my character picks up items and sells them at an auction house. In the game, I list two prices for each item: What I want the bidding to start at, and what I want the price to be if someone chooses to buy out the item without waiting for the auction to finish. The buy out price is obviously higher than the auction price.

Can this be done in publishing? I don't know enough about it to say, but maybe instead of saying "I'll give you three weeks before deciding", say "I'll give you three weeks before deciding, unless an offer of *named dream offer* comes along."

That way, if someone really, really is enthusiastic about the book and wants to get in on it right away, they have an option open for them. They can use the 'buy out' option.

It makes sense to me right now and in my head. Not sure if it will once I get to the stage of publication. 😀

Thank you both for a stimulating discussion.

]]> By: Yat-Yee http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14971 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:42:56 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14971 Thanks for sharing your discussion. This tiny glimpse into the world of interactions between agents and editors, or one agent and one editor, has been eye-opening.

Are all discussions this civil and respectful? :)

]]> By: Casey McCormick http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14970 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:31:11 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14970 This certainly was a great, informative conversation. Thank you both. I think, in most cases, the decisions involved will be very case-by-case, as so many things are.

Michael, thank you for answering my question in the previous post as well. I really appreciate it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14969 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:48:57 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14969 "(And for the record, I did think about the Swiftian connotations of "A Modest Proposal," but I meant the "modest" sincerely enough that I hoped its satirical meaning would be overlooked for its literal one. Clearly the wrong choice in a blogosphere of fellow English majors…)"

I wasn't an English major and I noticed it. Remember that the blogosphere is full of irony, too.

]]> By: Michael http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14968 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:34:26 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14968 VM –

You'd probably just find us reading, which wouldn't play well on TV. We're pretty boring as reality show characters, I think.

– Michael

]]> By: Vodka Mom http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/comment-page-1/#comment-14967 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:17:20 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/08/in-response-to-in-response-to-in-response-to-my-previous-post/#comment-14967 These discussios have been fascinating and informative! I love this peek into your minds.

It's like our own little "reality" show with editors and agents.

Hey, that's not a bad idea..

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