Re: Re: Looking for a copy of Phallos.

On 12/9/2010 8:59 PM, theroastedeel wrote:
>
>
>  That's a good question - why the small press?

Only Chip can really answer that. However, larger publishing houses are 
inclined towards authors with larger sales figures.

>  Wesleyan has published
>  many of his books in recent years, so why wasn't Phallos (and the
>  upcoming novel) published by them as well?

Don't know. As Wesleyan is an academic press, they are subject to market 
& editorial forces different from mainstream publishers.

>  What is the chance that
>  they will re-publish/publish these books in the near future?
>
>  I did manage to grab a copy of Phallos for $20. I can't understand
>  why people underline in books.

I hate that practice as well.

>
>  What did you mean when you referred to his novel with Carroll & Graf?
>  Wouldn't that be Dark Reflections? It appears to be in print and very
>  common.

Running Press bought out Carroll & Graf, and appears to be keeping _Dark 
Reflections_ in print.

I'm glad you found a copy at a reasonable price.

Lewis
12+ years in the book business, now back to lurking.




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]