Comments on: Title troubles settled https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21820 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:31:00 +0000 #comment-21820 Ah, thanks for the insight :D!

I suppose that it is better to create a unique title, then you’ll stand out *g*. I’ve noticed that here, in the UK anyway, there have been quite a few books released with the title ‘Blood Ties’ LOL.

Btw I particularly like the titles ‘Stormquest’ and ‘Stormseeker’ :). But I still like ‘Rogue Rainlord’ and ‘Stormshifter’ LOL 😀

Elliott

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21819 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:31:00 +0000 #comment-21819 Well, it’s considered bad marketing more than anything else.The US market never seems too troubled by what happens elsewhere, mind you, and will publish a book with the same title as, say, an Australian one.

Generally, if it is a title of a not particularly popular book published more than 10 years ago and now out of print, no one worries too much. Nor do they worry too much if it was in a different genre – unless it was very popular. I don’t think we are going to see too many books titled “Twilight” for the next few decades, for example, not even if in a totally different genre!

As far as I know, you can’t copyright a title, although I have no doubt that the big guys have tried – (has Disney, for example maybe?)

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21818 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:06:00 +0000 #comment-21818 Ooh, I like these new titles! But I do still like ‘Rogue Rainlord’ and ‘Stormshifter’ as well, lol.

May I also ask, is it, like, a breach of copyright or something if an author publishes a book that has the same title as another published book? Or is it just frowned upon/discouraged? Lol.

I can’t wait to read them :D!

Elliott

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21817 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:28:00 +0000 #comment-21817 Wouldn’t it have been a great title, Phill? And Stormbreaker too for the final book – but that’s been pinched too, quite lately, although by a thriller writer not a sff master.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21816 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:13:00 +0000 #comment-21816 Didn’t grab me at first, but if you change the language in the way I suspect, then it’ll work fine. Pity you couldn’t name the second book ‘Stormbringer’ 🙂

Here’s hoping they all take the market by storm.

Phill.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21815 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:46:00 +0000 #comment-21815 Good, strong and eye-catching titles.

You also might have to rename the Stormtroopers in the book. *g*

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21814 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:07:00 +0000 #comment-21814 it sounds good to my uneducated ear too ^^

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21813 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:02:00 +0000 #comment-21813 Glad you like them! I am going to have to make a couple of adjustments to the vocabulary used in the text to account for the titles, but I think they will work well. Whew!

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/title-troubles-settled/#comment-21812 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:04:00 +0000 #comment-21812 Nice!

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