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Post by cwm on Oct 28, 2009 16:58:33 GMT -5
So I suppose we run the risk of either overhype or people just not caring by the time it comes round.
Announcing it now wasn't the best of plans, was it?
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Post by Jessica Snicket on Oct 28, 2009 19:33:02 GMT -5
So I suppose we run the risk of either overhype or people just not caring by the time it comes round. Announcing it now wasn't the best of plans, was it? Waiting probably would have been the better choice, I think. But who knows, maybe releasing information about it so early will get more people interested in the long run. And Dante, I'm sure most of us will. We may have to wait a while, but we're not going to have given up or anything when it comes time for the release.
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Post by Dante on Oct 29, 2009 8:20:00 GMT -5
Announcing it now wasn't the best of plans, was it? Well, they'll have wanted to sign Snicket as soon as possible in case any other U.K. publishers tried to snap him up first, so in a way they didn't have a choice. It boosts Egmont's profile, financially, to know that they'll have such a sure seller in a few years. And they couldn't just not say anything. It also gave them an opportunity to plug Snicket's January U.K. tour and the U.K. release of the aSoUE paperbacks at the time. It's really promotion for the latter, in the most direct sense. Which is why we don't need to start worrying about the new series yet, because that'll occupy us for a little while in 2010 - maybe longer, depending. I'm just saying that I wouldn't see this as the real start of a publicity campaign. It's more like advance notice of a publicity campaign which we can predict the start of in the future. In short, prepare to prepare to be excited. As to my "two years" comment, two years is a long time, and I'd wager most of us are already out of the intended age range of aSoUE, at least. Two years is an especially long time when there isn't anything else in-between times. You also have to remember that it's not really two years, is it? It's six years. The End came out in 2006. The new books are slated to start in 2012. That's almost as long a gap as it took for the entire series to be published in the first place (1999-2006 in the U.S., 2001-2006 in the U.K.) The publishers and Snicket can't rely on the audience being exactly the same. That's why things like the paperbacks and The Complete Wreck flopped - the target generation had already bought the books. They didn't need to buy them again. They'll probably be targeting an entirely new generation - that's who they'll be going for for the paperbacks, probably, although I wouldn't be surprised if there were added incentives to try and catch some crossover purchase as well.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Oct 29, 2009 14:54:30 GMT -5
I'm not following your logic. It is coming out in 2012, right?
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Oct 29, 2009 15:22:17 GMT -5
I just wish I had the money to finish my collection.I'm sure the wait for the 2012 release of the new series will be more than worth it.But I'm gonna be 22 by then...the OLD...*weeps* lol
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Post by Dante on Oct 30, 2009 3:19:22 GMT -5
I'm not following your logic. It is coming out in 2012, right? 2006-2012 = 6 years. That's years since aSoUE ended 'til the new series should begin publication. We've already waited three years since The End came out, so on the bright side, I guess we're halfway there. If you all like your hypothetical hope, though, assuming Snicket signs a deal with a U.S. publisher, the new series might start to be published there earlier than in the U.K. And Snicket should be signing a U.S. deal; he's a sure seller, but I guess publishers don't want to sign him up that early if they're projecting 2012 as a new publication date. You should assume that HarperCollins will publish his new books as they publish nearly all his books - unless Snicket's left-wing politics were too much for Rupert Murdoch to bear.
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Post by beatrice123 on Oct 30, 2009 15:18:13 GMT -5
i'm getting impatient
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Post by cwm on Oct 31, 2009 11:33:57 GMT -5
I'm making a mental list of all the literature that's coming out soon to tide me over.
Next Alex Rider in two weeks... erm... umm...
Wow, children's literature is awful at the moment.
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Post by beatrice123 on Nov 1, 2009 14:35:10 GMT -5
Wait, wait, wait! Childrens? I'd say tween.
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Post by Edwin on Nov 1, 2009 14:42:01 GMT -5
Oh. A bit early to be telling us but any news is better than Mr Snicket dying. I didn't expect him to be doing any more children's or teen books. What will become of 667?
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Post by Vadron on Nov 1, 2009 22:41:11 GMT -5
It will become a whole lot more active, that's what.
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Post by Dante on Nov 2, 2009 3:47:34 GMT -5
As we learn more about the new series, I wouldn't be surprised if there were some stylistic modifications to the board to make it more appealing to new fans. And with luck, there'll be much more to discuss and speculate on, just like the old days.
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Post by cwm on Nov 2, 2009 13:17:27 GMT -5
[I have a couple of ideas - but I'm saving some of them. Summer's the best place to do this kind of thing. I'm intrigued. How active, roughly, is the board these days? I get that the ASoUE section is a lot less active than the general sections...
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Post by beatrice123 on Nov 2, 2009 18:01:04 GMT -5
A bit early to be telling us but any news is better than Mr Snicket dying. quote] HE'S DYING?!?!?!?! *nearly dies herself*
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Post by Dante on Nov 3, 2009 11:12:33 GMT -5
Just a few vague ideas. Of course, we don't actually know what to expect from the next few months and years, but I have the odd time-filler idea to use if we need it. And I expect we'll be up to our usual Snicket-y Christmas activities. I only follow the aSoUE sections, but I think the social aspect is picking up the slack where the analytic aspect has necessarily fallen down following the birth of a dearth of things to speculate about - and that is the real problem, that there are no more mysteries to debate, no more titles to guess at. And of course, all Snicket's books since The End have been one-offs, independent. This should change when the new series starts coming out. A bit early to be telling us but any news is better than Mr Snicket dying. HE'S DYING?!?!?!?! *nearly dies herself* As I suspect you are aware, Edwin's saying that it's better to hear news about Mr. Snicket's next books than, for example, something terrible like Mr. Snicket dying. As far as we know, Mr. Snicket is in rude health, as is Mr. Handler. If he died or grew very ill, it'd hit the headlines... and Egmont'd be kicking themselves for signing him too early.
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