I forward this from Douglas Messerli


> Dear Mark,
>
> I am posting this to you so that you post it
> on the British list. Apparently an earlier E-mail
> to Ken Edwards did not reach him. It came back
> today.
>
> In any event, I repeat, Sun & Moon is in good
> health, and has no intention of cancelling any
> author titles. We did not receive NEA (National
> Endowment for the Arts) funding this year, but,
> although that requires we move a little slower
> publishing our titles, it does not at all mean
> that we are about to go out of business. As I mentioned
> in my earlier communication, we have published eight
> (8) new books already this year, and have three others
> at press. More will go to press before the end of the
> month. For anyone in publishing, I think you will recog-
> nize this as a remarkable pace of publishing.
>
> But for us it is a slower pace, and given that fact
> I cannot give exact dates for
> anyone's book; but we will have Maggie O'Sullivan's
> book and David Miller's book out before the end of
> the year, and by the end of the summer if possible. It
> may go over a bit into fall. Sun & Moon, as some of you
> may know, publishes a great many titles (we did 79 two
> years ago), and when we have less money, it has an
> immediate effect in the pace of things. But, I assure
> you all, it does not mean our death. We are a strong
> literary publisher with over 350 books in print!!!!
>
> I already explained another possible source for some
> confusion. Password books changed its name to Signature
> Books, and, although Sun & Moon was their best-selling
> publisher, they were told (so they say) that, since
> they are supported by the government, they could no longer
> distribute books from publishers out of the country. It
> seems to be a bit of a contradiction, since certainly our
> sales were strong, and would have helped them in their
> survival. In any event, we have changed to a larger
> distributor, Central Books in London. Books should be
> available from them by the end of this month.
>
> It might have been nice if, before spreading such rumors,
> any of the involved parties had picked up the phone and
> spoken with me. Maggie dropped me a short message, asking
> after her book about a week ago, but I have not yet had
> time to answer.
>
> Please, it would useful not to spread gossip without
> checking with the subject.
>
> My best to you all
>
> Douglas Messerli
> Publisher





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