I have some exciting news to share today: Mavifil Yayınları, a Turkish publisher, has asked to translate into Turkish my first children’s books–Runaway Smile and Musiville. We just finished signing the contract, so I can officially share the good news.
Not many people know this but it has been a long-time ambition of mine to break into the Turkish market. My wife was born in Istanbul and her whole family lived there until the late 70s. So, I have a strong connection with the country, even though I’ve never visited. And with some 20 million children, Turkey is the perfect market for a children’s author.
Our schedule is to release Runaway Smile in two month’s time, then, after another two months, Musiville.
Update, March 29, 2019:
My experience so far with Mavifil has been positive. However, I just discovered this post by Writer Beware (thank you, John), so I’m curious to see what they’ll do with my paycheck. If it arrives just fine, all’s well and I’ll let you know.
If not, well, then I’ll post it here so that others may dodge a bullet!
Celebrate by Reading
I wanted to celebrate this development by offering my children’s books for free or for 99c, but I’ve run promos on both of them these past months. So, I will give my entire Pearseus bundle (5 books) for 99c for a few days.
If you haven’t yet read this unique science fantasy series, voted as one of the 100 Indie books you should read before you die, click here or on the image… and happy reading!
Congrats, my friend! I hope the financial side of things works out too!
Thanks! I’m a bit apprehensive after reading some worrying stuff about the publisher but I guess I’ll have to wait and see…
Nicholas, just to warn that Writer Beware has just posted about this publisher. You may want to check their site for the information.
Hi Chris, I just updated the post to include that article. Many thanks for the warning! I’ll let you know how it goes, although I’m not holding my breath after what I read on Writers Beware…
Congratulations, Nicholas! Such good news! I love your children’s books! 📚🎶 Christine
Thank you so much, Christine 😀
Writing for children is challenging. It’s a lot of responsibility to plan the right “seeds” into their young heads. Congratulations! Good luck to you!
Thank you so much, Olena! And you’re absolutely right. It *is* a lot of responsibility, and one I don’t take lightly.
Congratulations, Nicholas – that’s exciting news
Thank you so much, Toni 😀
Congrats! A win for you and for Turkish children!
That’s such a sweet thing to say; thank you 😀
Huge congrats my friend. 🙂
I left a comment yesterday saying Mazeltov (or other words to that effect)
Great news Nicholas.
Thank you so much, Philippa! I know, some comments (along with some posts) have disappeared because of a server problem. I’m not in the process of restoring the missing posts 🙂