Getting published in foreign countries

I posted this a while ago. Thought I would add an update. In April I received an email and thought it was a scam. In fact I’m still waiting for the hit. An editor for a Turkish publisher   ARVO Basim Yayin, saw my novel Into the Basement on AmazonUSA and UK and wanted it. Come on, horror in Turkey? What did I know?

Basement is currently #1 on Amazon USA and has been in the top 5 on Amazon Uk since March.

Into the Basement Amazon USA

Into the Basement Amazon UK

We exchanged emails, worked the deal, I signed the contract and this week saw the cover. I’m thriller. The name for the Turkish release is: “Sadist,” very creepy.

This morning I received an email. Attached is an advertisement going into a Turkish magazine called Sabitfikir. Look who I'm with: L.J. Sellers, Joanne Ellis and one of my favorite horror authors John Everson. How cool is that. I met John at the World Horror Convention in 08, Salt Lake City. Great author...

Norm's latest novel is a thriller on Amazon Kindle:

SHOCKWAVE

Amazon set to launch services in India next year

Amazon, for all its shortcomings has been very good to me. This year with Amazon, my novels in both the UK and here in the USA have taken off. It happened in February and March. Especially Into the Basement, it has shot to number 1, in kindle>graphic novels>horror in both countries. We all know someone if not ourselves that own an ebook reader. I use an ipad and access books through the Kindle app and ibooks.

But something else is happening that has a huge potential for an author’s income. Foreign markets are opening up. Most of you know earlier this year Amazon opened up book distribution to Germany. Now they are going into India. I need translators…

I was very lucky this year; a Turkish publisher approached me. They have edited, translated and given Into the Basement, a new title; Sadist. That one word really sums up the essence on “Basement.” Plus, the cover is creepy! Check it out at: www.normanapplegate.com.

Here’s the announcement about India:

Amazon set to launch services in India next year

Ishan Srivastava, TNN Jul 26, 2011, 11.04am IST

CHENNAI: World's largest online retailer, Amazon.com is set to enter India, riding on the second wave of ecommerce boom in India. Amazon is in discussions with leading Indian e-commerce players like Flipkart.com, LetsBuy.com and Exclusively.in, among others and may enter the market as early as the first quarter of next year.

All the best

Norm

Into the Basement

First to Die

Indie Author Released in Turkey

In April I received an email and thought it was a scam. In fact I’m still waiting for the hit. An editor for a Turkish publisher saw my novel Into the Basement on AmazonUSA and UK and wanted it. Come on, horror in Turkey? What did I know?

Basement is currently #1 on Amazon USA and has been in the top 5 on Amazon Uk since March.

Into the Basement Amazon USA

Into the Basement Amazon UK

We exchanged emails, worked the deal, I signed the contract and this week saw the cover. I’m thriller. The name for the Turkish release is: “Sadist,” very creepy.

Sadist will be available in two weeks at 94 D&R's, KİTAPSAN Book Stores and in other bookstores throughout Turkey. Also from these websites:

http://www.idefix.com/vitrin/

http://www.kitapyurdu.com/

http://www.okuoku.com/tr/index.php

http://www.pandora.com.tr/