Sid the cat is sleeping off his treats, having eaten quite a few crunchies as he chose the winners of my February Mr Wonderful Contest
The answers to the questions were –
The titles of my next two books to be published are
The Married Mistress in USA
And
The Italian’s Forced Bride
in UK
Thank you to everyone who entered - And the winners are:
Ellie Lewis Albuquerque, New Mexico
Susan Wise Lanesborough, Massachusetts
Fiona Waterworth Sunderland UK
They all win a signed copy of their choice of my backlist, a Kate Walker bookbag and of course, their very own mini-hunk, Mr Wonderful.
This contest is now closed – but I will be planning another one very soon. Just as soon as I can decide on the prizes.
As Easter is coming up, I suspect that chocolate may have to be involved.
And keep your eyes open for special blog-only contests as and when I think of reasons to run them.
3 comments:
Hi Kate. Just wondering whether you know why the same story is given a different title in the US and the UK? Don't worry if you don't know - it's just simple curiosity form my side.
~Sharon J
Hi Sharron - I'm sorry, I think I may have slightly misled you in the post. The two books that I have coming out in the UK and America aren;t the same book with two totally different titles - it's two completely different books.
The Married Mistress came out in UK a couple of years ago and is only now being published in America. This happens sometimes - books can take a while to be published in different countries.
The Italian's Forced Bride is a brand new story that is being published for the first time in UK in April. I've been told that it will be coming out in America - hopefully later in 2006.
Hope this clears it up.
But occasionally some books I know are retitled for the American market, if they think that the UK title won't appeal or is incomprehensible to the readers. It can happen with films as well - there's a film that was called Animal Attraction and it became Someone Like You.
I suppose someone who knows the market decides.
Kate
PS - Sorry Sharon - I just noticed I mispelled your name in that post. A slip of the keyboard!
Sorry - Sharon!
Kate
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