"never to be published" O RLY?

[erastes]

So Beedle was "never going to be published," eh?  Yanno, JK - I don't believe one word that comes out of your mouth.

In nicer news things that never get old:

- Receiving contributors copies. My copies of Cruise Lines arrived (about a year after I was expecting them, but - yay!) and my cheque-let from Amazon.

- Royalties! Got the first amount for Speak Its Name which is small but encouraging. I have made more in one month with this book than I have in a year with Chiaroscuro. It raises my opinion of ebooks, a little!

- Great Youtube clips

I can't embed this video as there's no code, but it popped up on my flist a few days ago and is unmissable. Shatner (who, I'd forgotten, is startlingly pretty) playing Alexander the Great before he became Captain Kirk. The video is disturbingly hot (although it shouldn't be...) and Shatner wins MAJOR FTW points from me for: 1. Riding Bucephalus at full gallop, 2. In a very short skirt (ouch) and 3. waving a great big sword at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODQCdKEKp0

Comments

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I used to fancy Captain Kirk when I was very young and foolish. Can't see what the appealk was now (not like Ilya, who is still lovely).

And I agree with you about JK - call me a cynic, but this was an obvious next step, wasn't it?

[megleigh.livejournal.com]

That video was lovely. Shatner was quite pretty when he was younger.

Congrats on the royalties.

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

I ordered the movie from Amazon, and it arrived yesterday, but I don't have time to watch it yet! The DVD cover is a still of him riding in the center, with head-shots of the other 'stars' around him.

Awww - give her a break - all the proceeds are going to charity, not to her. :-P I don't think she intended to publish it initially, but the money she's going to be able to raise for charity (to add to the 2 million pounds) was probably a huge factor in the decision.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I look forward to hearing about it!

I know it's going to charity, but she made SUCH a huge dealio that "it would never be published" and that it was just for the special people who were involved in the Potter books (and I bet they felt special too, until yesterday)

I just think that if she wants to give money to charity, then she should just give money to charity. Her money. Not her reader's money. She is the richest woman in showbusiness, after all - and that's saying something. It just smacks of attention seeking, more attention seeking, rather. I know that's not a popular view, but still.

[mzcalypso.livejournal.com]

Shatner's been a horseman forever, I think -- he breeds them now. And yeah, before he got locked into JTK, he was a much harder-working actor. Now.. what the hell, he's in his 70's and he's enjoying life. I started cutting him slack since I learned he has tinnitus. My partner's got that and it's a small but constant stressor.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

I've been happy with Linden Bay; Barb's a financial pro and runs the business end like a (duh!) real business, as opposed the e-pubs who seem to treat publishing as some sort of high-end fan effort. The royalties were a couple of weeks early this time, too-they weren't really due til mid-August. Surprise! 8-D

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I have to say that so far, I've been very lucky with publishers. PD are very solid, a little slow in reply to mail, but there are only 2 of them - but the cheques come out so regularly you can almost know exactly what day they arrive on. I've been very impressed with LBR. Aspen Bay haven't been bad, exactly - just disappointing sales, and I don't think that's anyone's fault really, perhaps the bad cover? But the royalties are monthly and regular. If teeeeeny.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Ilya does still look good. Hasn't mucked about with face lifts.

Oh yes, obvious next step. I'm just disgusted that she used the whole "it will never be published" thing as the fulcrum to her ego trip when she announced the books last year and now....

I'm happy it's for charidee, but as she's the richest woman in showbusiness and richer than the queen, it wouldn't kill her to give some money to charity. Rather than 10percent of her book, (or whatever she gets, probably more, as its her) and get the readers to fork out more than actually she is! I wonder what "all proceeds" mean. That's such a vague term. Is it all royalties? or all profits?

Oh and look - released in time for Christmas!

(also cynical)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thank you!