Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

Dateline: above the garage in Portstmouth RI, 14 June 2004

My agency just forwarded me an offer from Yayinlari, a publishing house in Turkey. My agent Jennifer says it is one of the most prominent and efficient Turkish publishers. A modest run of 3,000 books with an appropriate advance, but I couldn't be more thrilled. I mean, who I am to publish a book in Turkey (much less Turkish!)?

So now PNM will be in three languages: English (okay, American given all the slang and pop culture references), Japanese and Turkish.

Apparently, the Turkish publishers who are buying the rights do not take offense at my designating Turkey as part of the Gap. I know 3,000 copies probably aren't enough to pull Turkey into the Core.

Then again, if the right 3,000 Turks read it . . ..

Nah, I got it backwards on that one: I need the right 3,000 or so European Union bureaucrats to read it.