As all our readers from the United States know, and probably everyone else as well, Tuesday, November 4 is election day, so be sure to vote. This is an important election, and in some states it may be very close, so don’t think your vote doesn’t count.
Here in Nevada, we have early voting and Charmaine and I have already cast our ballots. And while I view paying taxes as necessary, as opposed to something patriotic as one of our candidates stated, it is my opinion that voting is both patriotic and important.
Changing topics, at this moment the only new book we have scheduled will be the next Harrington book that will feature material on no-limit six-max games. Expect it in late spring or early summer 2009.
As for other books, we are certainly open to doing additional titles as long as we feel it is a worthwhile project. However, for those of you who may be working on a manuscript, we need to see more than just a proposal or hear from an agent. If we don’t know you or are not familiar with your ability to write about poker/gambling, unless we can see the work, it’s virtually impossible for us to have any idea if you can meet our standards, and it’s also difficult for us to determine an appropriate royalty rate. On the other hand, if you are on the verge of completing something, we’ll be happy to give it a look.
By the way, this is the first time in years we haven’t been backed up in book projects. In fact, in the past, we have told some authors that we couldn’t even consider their manuscript due to too may other commitments and this unfortunately probably cost us a good book or two. But that is not the case now.
On the other hand, unlike some other publishers in our field, we don’t have to produce books at a predetermined rate, plus I get to take it easy if no new book projects are being worked on. So our standards for future books will not be compromised in any way.
Mason Malmuth
Publisher
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