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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 9, 2019 18:09:42 GMT
Staying On by C.M. Taylor has just crossed my radar. It's a new publication.
Staying On by Paul Scott (the writer of the Raj Quartet) is a much older publication.
There ought to be a law against it!! Surely, which a rich language publishers and their writers could string a couple of words together that had not already been used?
Oh! what I meant to say was which book recently published has a matching title to an older publication have you found?
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Post by rosemary3 on Jan 9, 2019 18:23:22 GMT
A well-known one is a book called "Girl on a Train" that was NOT by Paula Hawkins (and without the "The", I think). I don't remember the name of the author but she sold a lot of books to people who meant to buy the bestseller ... but I don't think it was deliberate. Her book may even have been published first.
I think there are just so many books now, with the ebook explosion, that it's impossible to avoid duplicating titles. If you search for any shortish title on Goodreads you'll usually see several books the same. I remember searching for a book called "Puppy Love" once, and there were so many, I couldn't work out which was the one I was looking for!
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Post by geminii on Jan 9, 2019 18:49:58 GMT
You're right Rosemary .. I got a freebie copy of Girl on a Train by A. J. Waines last year, but looking at GR it was initially published in 2013 .. Paula Hawkins didn't have her The Girl published until 2 years later .. So should Ms Hawkins have been asked to use an alternative title ?? You could argue from both camps .. I suppose you can call your Book / Artwork / Child whatever you want .. There must be lots of books published first that gain popularity due to their later published similar namesakes .. Equally, you'd be a fool to title your book something like 'Murder on the Orient Express' ..
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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 9, 2019 19:19:38 GMT
Mmmm - what I do know is that lots of authors do not choose the name of their novels - the publisher often says no and chooses a title that will catch the eye of a buyer.
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Post by windysisters on Jan 9, 2019 19:26:06 GMT
And the publishers put different titles to the same book for different countries.
Here's a quote from the late, great Reginald Hill:
RH: My American publishers have changed both of the last two D&P titles. (Death Comes For The Fat Man appeared in the UK as The Death of Dalziel.) The argument in both cases was the American readers would have difficulty with my original titles. In the first case because they don’t know who Dalziel is or can’t pronounce his name anyway, in the second because they may be unfamiliar with the works of Sir Thomas Browne. I had no such concerns in either case. Indeed I felt the argument was certainly patronising and bordered on being offensive! But, let me repeat, this is what American sales “experts” were saying about their own people, so if you feel patronised or offended, they’re the ones you should write to! Why did I go along with them? Because they claim to be expert, and because I’ve always felt if you have a dog, you don’t bark yourself! On reflection, I think I was wrong, and from now on I’m going to be barking.
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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 9, 2019 19:30:55 GMT
Lovely quote, Wendy. Thanks.
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Post by rosemary3 on Jan 10, 2019 12:09:29 GMT
And the publishers put different titles to the same book for different countries.
I've seen readers posting infuriated reviews on Amazon when they buy a book they think is a new one by a favourite author and it turns out to be one they already have under a different title!
Legally, there is no copyright on titles, so authors/publishers can reuse titles ad infinitum (the same for songs). It's only if you copy from inside that you get into trouble. But I agree it can be annoying for readers!
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Post by froglady on Jan 10, 2019 12:14:55 GMT
I hate it when you think you've found a new book by an author you like, and then you see they have reprinted an old book and changed the title - that I hate. Sal
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Post by peppercricket on Jan 10, 2019 13:15:04 GMT
I hate that too!
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