The Llewellyn juggernaut is worth being wary of, no doubt.
However, there are some advantages to publication with them. They pay quite well, for one (a friend of mine had her first book published with Weiser, and she only got a $500 advance; for doing a few thousand words for Llewellyn's Wicca Almanac that was a few hours' work, she got $300), and their distribution is huge. (As I wrote something for that same Wicca Almanac and am expecting about $250, I can't slag on anyone who goes through them.)
Some authors who are quite respectable and established outside of Llewellyn have published with them in the last few years. Rachel Pollack, for example, the "fucking Pavarotti of tarot" (in her own words), has an excellent book, "The Forest of Souls," published with them.
I would think it would be very difficult to water something like this Baal epic down. Llewellyn seems to have some interest in publishing such things anyway; they did a version of the Necronomicon recently, and even though it is more made-uppy than most such versions, still...
My advice would be to see if they're interested, and if you're happy with their offer, why not?
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Date: 2006-01-27 08:06 pm (UTC)However, there are some advantages to publication with them. They pay quite well, for one (a friend of mine had her first book published with Weiser, and she only got a $500 advance; for doing a few thousand words for Llewellyn's Wicca Almanac that was a few hours' work, she got $300), and their distribution is huge. (As I wrote something for that same Wicca Almanac and am expecting about $250, I can't slag on anyone who goes through them.)
Some authors who are quite respectable and established outside of Llewellyn have published with them in the last few years. Rachel Pollack, for example, the "fucking Pavarotti of tarot" (in her own words), has an excellent book, "The Forest of Souls," published with them.
I would think it would be very difficult to water something like this Baal epic down. Llewellyn seems to have some interest in publishing such things anyway; they did a version of the Necronomicon recently, and even though it is more made-uppy than most such versions, still...
My advice would be to see if they're interested, and if you're happy with their offer, why not?