Just want to say thanks for the worlds...

In article <10h3bhi364i6q09 RemoveThis @corp.supernews.com>, Orlun <tim RemoveThis @buck.to>
wrote:

 > I pretty much have lurked for years but I will break in on this thread to
 > say "Thank you" as well.
 >
 > You are among the handfull of favorite authors whose works warrent an
 > automatic purchase in hardcover... and that is even importing them from the
 > UK just to read them a few months early. Keep up the good work and
 > hopefully it will remain rewarding for you.
 >
 >
 >


Thank you. It's very much appreciated, folks.

This is a very difficult time for me, as I'm in the middle of
negotiating a new contract for a US publisher, and the market is very
tough right now. It's a "what have you done for me lately," industry,
and while I've never had a book out of print in 22 years, somehow
because my last New York Times best seller was four years ago, my stock
has sunk very low.

But as long as I can, I'll keep writing, and as long as I'm writing,
I'll try to tell you a good yarn.

Best, R.E.F.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 >From: Raymond Feist raymond DeleteThis @bittersea.com
 >Date: 8/5/2004 8:13 AM Eastern Standard Time
 >Message-id: <050820040515090707%raymond@bittersea.com>
 >
 >In article <10h3bhi364i6q09 DeleteThis @corp.supernews.com>, Orlun <tim DeleteThis @buck.to>
 >wrote:
 >
  >> I pretty much have lurked for years but I will break in on this thread to
  >> say "Thank you" as well.
  >>
  >> You are among the handfull of favorite authors whose works warrent an
  >> automatic purchase in hardcover... and that is even importing them from the
  >> UK just to read them a few months early. Keep up the good work and
  >> hopefully it will remain rewarding for you.
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 >
 >Thank you. It's very much appreciated, folks.
 >
 >This is a very difficult time for me, as I'm in the middle of
 >negotiating a new contract for a US publisher, and the market is very
 >tough right now. It's a "what have you done for me lately," industry,
 >and while I've never had a book out of print in 22 years, somehow
 >because my last New York Times best seller was four years ago, my stock
 >has sunk very low.
 >
 >But as long as I can, I'll keep writing, and as long as I'm writing,
 >I'll try to tell you a good yarn.
 >
 >Best, R.E.F.

Now that is intellectual flexibility: A knitting book from Raymond Feist. Of
course, after you complete anything, a demon emerges and devours you, but I
think it is about time that someone liven up that segment of the market.

I bet Martha Stewart wishes she had thought of it first.

Mr. Feist, your next book could contain 600 pages concerning the wonderfully
subtle nuances of tree bark and I would still buy it (whining all the while, of
course "I can't believe I am buying a book about tree bark. But it's Raymond
Feist!")

Take Care,

B<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Raymond Feist wrote:
 > In article <10h3bhi364i6q09 RemoveThis @corp.supernews.com>, Orlun <tim RemoveThis @buck.to>
 > wrote:
 >
  >> I pretty much have lurked for years but I will break in on this
  >> thread to say "Thank you" as well.
  >>
  >> You are among the handfull of favorite authors whose works warrent an
  >> automatic purchase in hardcover... and that is even importing them
  >> from the UK just to read them a few months early. Keep up the good
  >> work and hopefully it will remain rewarding for you.
  >>
  >>
  >>
 >
 >
 > Thank you. It's very much appreciated, folks.
 >
 > This is a very difficult time for me, as I'm in the middle of
 > negotiating a new contract for a US publisher, and the market is very
 > tough right now. It's a "what have you done for me lately," industry,
 > and while I've never had a book out of print in 22 years, somehow
 > because my last New York Times best seller was four years ago, my
 > stock has sunk very low.
 >
 > But as long as I can, I'll keep writing, and as long as I'm writing,
 > I'll try to tell you a good yarn.
 >
 > Best, R.E.F.

Hope it all goes well for you, and us

Thanks for all those good yarns.

Cheers

Hamish

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Blade <me.DeleteThis@home.com> sharpened a new quill and wrote
....

 >I've read and re-read your books many times over and always enjoy them from
 >start to finish. I had an opportunity to meet you at a book signing in
 >Minneapolis a couple years ago, but things didn't work out. A shame
 >indeed.
 >
 >Well, just wanted to say thanks for letting me into the worlds you create,
 >and am looking forward to adventuring with you into the future.
 >
 >Matt

Having met Mr. Feist on two occasions now, I can only say that he is a
wonderful speaker, ( and a true Gentleman ), and that if you ever get
the opportunity to attend a signing, take it.

PS. Ray, can I get a commission ????

#)

PPS. Ray, please keep up the good work.

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In article <To9U8SVes8EBFwfl.DeleteThis@barry.ruck.ntlworld.com>, Barry Ruck
<barry.ruck.DeleteThis@ntlworld.com> wrote:

 > On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Blade <me.DeleteThis@home.com> sharpened a new quill and wrote
 > ...
 >
  > >I've read and re-read your books many times over and always enjoy them from
  > >start to finish. I had an opportunity to meet you at a book signing in
  > >Minneapolis a couple years ago, but things didn't work out. A shame
  > >indeed.
  > >
  > >Well, just wanted to say thanks for letting me into the worlds you create,
  > >and am looking forward to adventuring with you into the future.
  > >
  > >Matt
 >
 > Having met Mr. Feist on two occasions now, I can only say that he is a
 > wonderful speaker, ( and a true Gentleman ), and that if you ever get
 > the opportunity to attend a signing, take it.
 >
 > PS. Ray, can I get a commission ????

Check's on its way.
 >
 > #)
 >
 > PPS. Ray, please keep up the good work.

Thanks.

Best, R.E.F.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Raymond Feist" <raymond.TakeThisOut@bittersea.com> wrote
 > But as long as I can, I'll keep writing, and as long as I'm writing,
 > I'll try to tell you a good yarn.

I can't imagine you telling a bad one, and I doubt any other readers could
imagine it either.


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