tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post2604623852617273546..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2008)Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-91085856899377505162011-08-10T00:40:45.893+00:002011-08-10T00:40:45.893+00:00According to the Independent article not a lot wer...According to the Independent article not a lot were sold at the beginning therefore one gets the impression that the 1st print was quite low...<br /><br />The hardback edition of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo failed to cause much of a stir when it was published in January 2008, selling around 8,000 copies. "The paperback that followed in the summer did okay but was nowhere near as popular as elsewhere in Europe,"<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/the-publishing-house-that-stieg-larsson-built-2044818.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-9881814220823446192010-03-05T15:28:51.838+00:002010-03-05T15:28:51.838+00:00Want to see the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo first ...Want to see the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo first and for free? <br />Head to our Facebook page where we’ll shortly be announcing details of free preview tickets – plus enter our comp for a holiday to Sweden! <br />www.facebook.com/thegirlwiththedragontattooukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-23627919466554091222010-01-02T11:34:28.207+00:002010-01-02T11:34:28.207+00:00Hey guys,
Are there any more fans of Stieg Larsso...Hey guys,<br /><br />Are there any more fans of Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' here?<br /><br />Just wanted to let you all know that the Swedish movie adaptation of the book is coming to UK cinema's on March 12th 2010.<br /><br />Its an incredible book and the film is said to be a very close adaptation.<br /><br />For more info, including images, trailers and competitions check out - www.facebook.com/thegirlwiththedragontattoouk<br /><br />It looks great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-85728757359984398992009-12-14T15:22:13.218+00:002009-12-14T15:22:13.218+00:00I came upon these books when they were becoming a ...I came upon these books when they were becoming a publishing phenomenon in France a year earlier than they appeared in the UK. They are well translated into French - and the UK publishers should have had good idea of how successful they would be!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-53395431008552446052009-12-02T07:36:48.293+00:002009-12-02T07:36:48.293+00:00As if! The author turned out to be a total jerk wh...As if! The author turned out to be a total jerk who didn't like her translation. So the British publisher allowed him to make 2000 changes to the original US translation and changed the title. When she took her name off the book, they invented a fake pseudonym for her. Glad it's only worth $15.Reg / Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539868524489903682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-46746938376407906362009-12-02T04:49:49.559+00:002009-12-02T04:49:49.559+00:00Reg--firsts of the Peter Hoeg Smilla's Sense c...Reg--firsts of the Peter Hoeg Smilla's Sense can be had fine in fine for $15 but signed you might pay $120... hope your wife kept a few signed to her from the author!Bookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-56407100544474926112009-12-02T02:49:28.373+00:002009-12-02T02:49:28.373+00:00By the way, what's a true US first of Smilla&#...By the way, what's a true US first of Smilla's Sense of Snow going for these days? My wife (the translator) and I watched it zoom up and then plunge to next to nothing back in the 90s.Reg / Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539868524489903682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-42268146249927897952009-12-02T02:44:25.858+00:002009-12-02T02:44:25.858+00:00As for the Bible outselling Stieg Larsson, that ma...As for the Bible outselling Stieg Larsson, that may not translate into such huge sales in a largely non-religious country such as Denmark. I believe most Danes who belong to the state Lutheran Church are given a Bible at confirmation, and who knows how many ever buy another one! Dorthe, is this correct?Reg / Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539868524489903682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-57057856335447268922009-12-01T22:06:16.353+00:002009-12-01T22:06:16.353+00:00I emailed Christopher MacLehose of MacLehose Press...I emailed Christopher MacLehose of MacLehose Press who replied to say that the first UK printing was 10,000 with a simultaneous overseas trade paperback issue of 15,000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-54471199135366278322009-11-20T09:18:41.320+00:002009-11-20T09:18:41.320+00:00Ah, you can't beat a publisher's puff for ...Ah, you can't beat a publisher's puff for "economical with the actualité" as the late lamented Alan Clark might put it. All figures banded around for the news-hacks benefit have to be taken with a pinch of salt. They will invariably include Book Club imprints, Airport Export Trade Paperbacks and the like. In my experience - and from the swiftness of the disappearance of the FIRST printing of the publisher's own HARDBACK edition - the print run was pretty small. Debut novel, translated author, hmmmm...it would be a brave, nay foolhardy, publisher to wade in with much above 1500 on the first printing even given the success in Europe (which is not always a sign it will be a success elsewhere). With reprints much more easy to process these days - and quicker - the publisher doesn't need to take a risk.Post Mortem Bookshttp://www.postmortembooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-76099645202981281242009-11-19T15:18:18.562+00:002009-11-19T15:18:18.562+00:00From the publishers website: "By the time thi...From the publishers website: "By the time this whirlwind arrived on our shores in January with Quercus publication of the first instalment, France had sold 1,113,039 copies, Norway 746,958 copies, and Germany 400,000, while in Denmark the books were being outsold only by the Bible." You wouldn't have to be too gutsy to print a few thousand given this record would you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-76924117359468229542009-11-19T09:19:00.638+00:002009-11-19T09:19:00.638+00:00As one who has walked the shores of crime fiction ...As one who has walked the shores of crime fiction for some 30 years I failed to notice the breaking wave of the Larsson phenomenon - and so did, I would argue, his publishers. This first title was printed in a fairly small number as is common with all hardback fiction - possibly as low as 1000/1500 copies for the first hardback printing. I think it would be extraordinary that anyone in the publisher would have the "nuts" to go for anything more. That first printing disappeared pretty quickly after publication which usually indicates a short print run. <br />Hyper-inflation of such contemporary titles has more or less died out (thank the Lord) and there are fewer punters out there who are prepared to lob vast amounts of money for a book just a couple of years old. So many were burnt on titles which were flagged as "ultra scarce" and then watched as the price bottomed back to barely above cover that it might pay to wait and watch these days..<br />All in my humble opinion.<br />Fascinating site, Nigel.Post Mortem Bookshttp://www.postmortembooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-51887348992592302632009-11-17T20:08:32.172+00:002009-11-17T20:08:32.172+00:00Thanks for your input Reg.
Looks like price may ...Thanks for your input Reg.<br /><br /> Looks like price may not hold if print run of the 10987654321 first was large, for the moment they are piling in like lemmings. Am enjoying the book and it reads very smoothly so yours I am sure is a fine translation. I must say Swedes drink a lot of coffee! Good tip about the sharpies btw. NigelBookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-68797116052471622712009-11-17T16:22:06.860+00:002009-11-17T16:22:06.860+00:00Obscene is definitely the word for it. I know the ...Obscene is definitely the word for it. I know the 1st UK print run was large, and I did sign some copies for booksellers at the Bristol CrimeFest in May, also at Murder by the Book in Houston in late April. Warning to collectors -- all genuine copies are signed in either red or blue Sharpie, a thick indelible pen. Anything else is fake.<br /><br />Wish I'd kept my author's copies instead of giving them away...<br /><br />Reg KeelandReg / Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539868524489903682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-18925797860232308862009-11-16T16:28:42.310+00:002009-11-16T16:28:42.310+00:00For me this is a timely blog as I had been getting...For me this is a timely blog as I had been getting very curious as to whether the seemingly obscene prices being asked for on ABE etc. were even vaguely realistic or not. I picked up a copy in WH Smith's a fortnight or so after publication suggesting that it is not exactly a hen's tooth book. Personally, I didn't think that it was much more than a better-than-average page-turner, so was half thinking of selling it, but perhaps I will hold on for posterity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-49356669574245788732009-11-16T06:26:49.176+00:002009-11-16T06:26:49.176+00:00Maxim Jakubowski is right about the translation --...Maxim Jakubowski is right about the translation -- a middling effort- the Spanish is better 'Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres.' Thanks for info--am saving Euros for Reg's version!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com