... Fair enough, Henry. I don't see it happening. You think it's a possibility. There doesn't seem to be much more to say without going round and round in a...
... Yep, standard industry thing - like magazines usually being dated the month after they're released. I suppose it gives them a longer shelf- life. pds...
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... stick ... There's also the "Sun" Factor to take into account. The public are a fickle lot, and the return of Doctor Who is a good wave for the press to...
... Don't fall for the hype -- The Sun doesn't have nearly as much influence as it likes to pretend it has. What it is though is very good at spotting trends...
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... I think after five years of being told there was nothing to resolve, most of the people who were deeply bothered about it aren't reading the books any...
... Actually, it wasn't so much that Dr Who took up more time than they thought, but that the company started to change around them: the desire from higher up...
... As far as I can make out - and admitting their schedule has a habit of slipping - BF have about nine fiction titles coming out in the next six months. And...
... It would depend a lot on whether they went for a monthly schedule which I expect is quite punishing, or kept their current approach which seems to treat...
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... Given the success of the NDAs, I think there's a lot to be said fr avoiding the monthly schedule. Even if BBCWW keep on publishing the PDAs, I'd be...
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... True enough, but one of the driving factors was the over-allocation of resources to the DW range. Wasn't PDE the lone voice in the management team at the...
... format ... I'd have to agree with Nick on this: I think the monthly schedule isn't working as well now there are other monthly demands on the Who$ -...
... of ... management ... Virgin had very good resources for the Dr Who range: at one point, PDE was editor-in-chief, with an editor and an assistant editor...
... The balance is the need to keep books in the market place vs. the cost implications. The NDAs are selling well while DW is on TV, and this *could* be ...
... allocation ... under her - with PDE still being very hands on at the same time. Compare that with the current set-up at the BBC. And don't forget the...
... <snips throughout> ... Well, that's a tricky one. Gallifrey, no problem. We know it gets resurrected somehow before the new series, but I'm not bothered...
... I'm sure there were lots of other factors, but the main one was a lack of desire to spend the money to change Virgin from a quite small publisher to a...
Alexander Dante <alexanderdante@...> wrote ... ??? AIUI, Virgin were planning for the possibility of losing the licence years before they did lose it. ...