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dolorosa_12Thirty Day Book Meme Day 26: Should have sold more copies
I'll always regret not getting more books in Catherine Jinks's Pagan Chronicles series. She wrote and published the first four books in quick succession in the early-to-mid-'90s, and these seemed to sell well, were nominated for Australian children's book awards and so on. Jinks then wrote various other books, a mixture of science fiction and historical fiction, mainly for chilren, before publishing the fifth book in the Pagan series, Pagan's Daughter, in 2006.
It must not have sold very well, because at some point, Jinks was going around in interviews and in the FAQs on her website saying that children's historical fiction was difficult to sell, and although Pagan Kidrouk was her favourite fictional creation and the series was one she wanted to continue, economically it didn't make sense and it was unlikely her publisher would want another Pagan book. Since then, she seems to have only published science fiction, which is a huge shame as her historical fiction is, generally, much better!
27. Want to be one of the characters.
28. Bought at my fave independent bookshop.
29. The one I have reread most often.
30. Would save if my house burned down.
I'll always regret not getting more books in Catherine Jinks's Pagan Chronicles series. She wrote and published the first four books in quick succession in the early-to-mid-'90s, and these seemed to sell well, were nominated for Australian children's book awards and so on. Jinks then wrote various other books, a mixture of science fiction and historical fiction, mainly for chilren, before publishing the fifth book in the Pagan series, Pagan's Daughter, in 2006.
It must not have sold very well, because at some point, Jinks was going around in interviews and in the FAQs on her website saying that children's historical fiction was difficult to sell, and although Pagan Kidrouk was her favourite fictional creation and the series was one she wanted to continue, economically it didn't make sense and it was unlikely her publisher would want another Pagan book. Since then, she seems to have only published science fiction, which is a huge shame as her historical fiction is, generally, much better!
27. Want to be one of the characters.
28. Bought at my fave independent bookshop.
29. The one I have reread most often.
30. Would save if my house burned down.