Well, maybe not “big.” But I’m in Japan! Rather, my books are. Rather, HEAD OVER HEELS is.
Last week, I received a pleasant surprise. A registered letter containing a royalty check for the first Manga (Japanese comic book) print run of HEAD OVER HEELS. This was on top of the advance I received nearly two years ago. Which means the first print run earned out the advance—and then some. You could have knocked me over with a toothpick.
A day later, I received a registered package containing my author copies. And I love them! I only have a handful, and they’re going to immediate family and moi. I must keep track of myself for posterity, you know. People have been asking me where they can buy the Manga version of HEAD OVER HEELS. The only place I know of is Amazon Japan. Yep, check it out, I’m there all official-like. And, well, I’m pretty sure the comic is also available in bookstores in Japan.
If I ever find out the Manga version of my first book is available in North America, have no fear, I shall scream it from my blog. In the meantime, enjoy these photos (if you look real close, you can see my name on the back cover—the second photo).
It was such a rush “reading” my book back to front, seeing the Japanese characters and the wonderful illustrations. If I had more than 3 copies left to my name (after giving away the others to aforesaid family members), I’d crack the spine of one and scan a couple of inside pages. But I don’t have more than 3 copies left to my name, so I’m not going to destroy ANY of them for the sake of the blog. You’ll just have to take my word that the illustrations match up to the story. I have no idea if the text does, though, because I can’t read Japanese.
This is such a thrill for me, because this sale to Ozhora is another testament that HEAD OVER HEELS is The Little Book that Could.
That is totally cool. I’d love to have a copy of my books in that format. Congrats!
Thanks, it’s super cool. It’s one of the best things I’ve experienced. I’m sure seeing foreign copies is old hat for authors who’ve sold to several different foreign markets (usually through an agency’s foreign rights agent) and the rights sales sort of just appear or happen in the due course of business. Actually, each sale is probably a hoot for them, too. But because of the way this sale happened–the publisher came looking for me two years ago–to see it come to fruition and consider that MORE people in Japan are reading my book than have read it here (if the print run is anything to go by), well, that makes me feel pretty good.
The content of the book is really interesting. I will defiantly check it out. Thank you.
Thank you, Laurence. I hope you enjoy it.
Congratulations, Cindy, and yes, keep us posted on when/how we can get copies in the US and Canada! (And by the way, I retweeted your message!)
I noticed the retweet, Tina – thanks! Been one of those days. I haven’t had time to go to Twitter.
I appreciate the congrats. 🙂