Comments on: Queenie Chan on THE DREAMING 2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Autumn http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-143667 Wed, 02 May 2007 03:23:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-143667 It was an excellent book and made me think about what's going on. It was an excellent book and made me think about what’s going on.

]]> by: April http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-26619 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:01:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-26619 The Dreaming was so exciteing I can't want to read vol. 2 of the dreaming! The Dreaming was so exciteing I can’t want to read vol. 2 of the dreaming!

]]> by: April http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-26621 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:01:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-26621 The Dreaming was so exciteing I can't want to read vol. 2 of the dreaming! The Dreaming was so exciteing I can’t want to read vol. 2 of the dreaming!

]]> by: April http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-26620 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:01:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-26620 The Dreaming was so exciteing I can't want to read vol. 2 of the dreaming! The Dreaming was so exciteing I can’t want to read vol. 2 of the dreaming!

]]> by: Bill Cunningham http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-2167 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:49:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-2167 Rivkah thanks for the clarification. The book business is much like the DVD business I'm in - everything is geared toward filling a slot on a schedule. Once that's decided and agreed upon - everyone schedules their work (and life) accordingly. And while I don't know the specifics of Queenie's situation (or yours) I agree with you that if the publisher screws up (in a legal, binding document no less) they should pay a penalty of some sort. Especially if the artist/creator has to 'hire out' for certain tasks - toning, backgrounds, etc - in order to meet a schedule. Queenie - I'm glad your book is coming out on schedule, and I'm sorry you had to bust ass because of someone else. Rivkah thanks for the clarification. The book business is much like the DVD business I’m in - everything is geared toward filling a slot on a schedule. Once that’s decided and agreed upon - everyone schedules their work (and life) accordingly.

And while I don’t know the specifics of Queenie’s situation (or yours) I agree with you that if the publisher screws up (in a legal, binding document no less) they should pay a penalty of some sort. Especially if the artist/creator has to ‘hire out’ for certain tasks - toning, backgrounds, etc - in order to meet a schedule.

Queenie - I’m glad your book is coming out on schedule, and I’m sorry you had to bust ass because of someone else.

]]> by: Rivkah http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-2136 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:49:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-2136 Bill, I can't speak for Queenie or this specific situation, but while TP is certainly in the error for messing up a schedule, there is--unfortunately--not much a publisher can do about it other than to tell the artist to work faster and harder (though, IMHO, we should recieve extra compensation for such errors to prevent future occurances). Once the book is solicited for sales for bookstores--no later than three months in advance, and often six months to a year in advance--there is absolutely no pulling back. Unless you'd like to see book purchasers take back their orders, of course. Sales can decrease dramatically if a book's publication date has to be changed, no matter what the reasons for the push. It's seen by the purchaser as a lack of confidence in the book if the publishers feel they need more time to work on it. So while it's a horrible thing for people like us--writers and artists who have to put up with the mistakes of other people just to keep our work on shelves--there's nothing we or the publisher can truly do about it but put our shoulder to the wheel and grind away. Bill, I can’t speak for Queenie or this specific situation, but while TP is certainly in the error for messing up a schedule, there is–unfortunately–not much a publisher can do about it other than to tell the artist to work faster and harder (though, IMHO, we should recieve extra compensation for such errors to prevent future occurances). Once the book is solicited for sales for bookstores–no later than three months in advance, and often six months to a year in advance–there is absolutely no pulling back.

Unless you’d like to see book purchasers take back their orders, of course.

Sales can decrease dramatically if a book’s publication date has to be changed, no matter what the reasons for the push. It’s seen by the purchaser as a lack of confidence in the book if the publishers feel they need more time to work on it.

So while it’s a horrible thing for people like us–writers and artists who have to put up with the mistakes of other people just to keep our work on shelves–there’s nothing we or the publisher can truly do about it but put our shoulder to the wheel and grind away.

]]> by: Bill Cunningham http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-2098 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:48:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/21/queenie-chan-on-the-dreaming-2/#comment-2098 Not meaning to throw stones in ponds I don't swim in, but - did she say she had a signed contract that said Oct. 6th and she was forced to rush because T-pop made an error? Doesn't that sound like T-pop is making their problem her problem? I'm confused... Not meaning to throw stones in ponds I don’t swim in, but - did she say she had a signed contract that said Oct. 6th and she was forced to rush because T-pop made an error?

Doesn’t that sound like T-pop is making their problem her problem?

I’m confused…

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