jim_davies Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Hi Pals, I wish to contact a fairly well known author to ask a couple of questions about one of his books. I really enjoyed the book and hoped for a little clarification on a couple of points. Is there a "best way" of doing so? I was thinking of writing a cover letter to the publishers with a request to forward my correspondence. Is it even the done thing to ask for such things? Jim (thinking it should have sent this to "Miss Manners") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Jim, sounds fine to me just include a statement telling the author you enjoyed the book, before tearing it to shreds. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Hello, Jim, Contacting an author via the publisher is a perfectly acceptable thing to do. I'm sure that no-one would object to that. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Jim, My own experience is that sending your correspondence to an author via his publisher with a covering letter is exactly the way to go about things. The covering letter means that you can seal the enclosed correspondence to the author if you wish. Ciao, GAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 The covering letter means that you can seal the enclosed correspondence to the author if you wish. But perhaps better not to - so the publisher can see you are not issuing death threats or demands for money or whatever. In my experience (twice), writers are well chuffed to get "interesting" mail from readers (I found a certain author known for a book about 1/7/16 to be extremely helpful) John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Contact through publisher (open letter ) is fine. Before you do it, have you checked if the author has a website? Lots of them do and you can contact directly through that. Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_davies Posted 3 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Thank you all for your replies, letter will be written to the publishers tommorrow. Jim PS John I think we may be thinking of the same author, although different book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooloo Posted 4 December , 2005 Share Posted 4 December , 2005 If you are giving a person a letter about themselves to pass on, the letter should be handed over unsealed and delivered sealed. That probably applies here too. It sounds right to me anyway zoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Byrne Posted 4 December , 2005 Share Posted 4 December , 2005 (edited) I also collect Soviet militaria and a well known author put his email address on the back cover of one of his books and told me that he had been inundated with correspondance as well as roles advising on films and documentaries. It seems the logical thing to do in this day and age of the interweb thingybob. Edited 4 December , 2005 by Ciaran Byrne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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