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library addict
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 Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:53 pm Post subject: Magic in a Jelly Jar by Sally Tyler Hayes |
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LinnieGayl's 10/6/11 review http://likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=8662
This book was on my AAR Top 100 Ballot as well. I have reread it in the past, but not in the past deacade or so. My print copy is in a box as I don't have enough shelf space for all of the books I wanted to keep.
Sally Tyler Hayes was one of my auto-buy authors for a long time. I thought she had stopped writing as the last book of hers is from 2001. But it turns out she now writes under her actual name, Teresa Hill.
Harlequin Heartwarming published a revised version of the book in July 2011 as Luke's Wish in both print and digitally. From the author's blog | Quote: | Dear Readers,
In case you didn’t know, in another life, I wrote for Silhouette under a different name, Sally Tyler Hayes, and this book was originally published under that name, under the title Magic in a Jelly Jar.
It was a sweet, family story that has been re-edited to be even sweeter, which now means no love scenes and a few other changes for readers who want a kinder, gentler story. It’s available now will be available now from Harlequin Heartwarming.
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Personally, I do not like it when authors go back and rewrite/heavily revise prior books. I feel like they are somehow saying as a reader I am a fool by being a fan of the original work as the new is always better (but maybe that's just me). So, I wrote to Harlequin and was told they may reissue the original version of Magic in a Jelly Jar as one of the Harlequin Treasury titles, but it is not currently on the schedule. Personally, I will stick with my print copy of the original.
I do have a few of her Teresa Hill titles on my To Buy list as some of blurbs sound good. I am glad she hasn't stopped writing as I thought for so many years. |
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Leigh
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Strange that there is no love scenes. . . Not that I always have to have them but makes me wonder if she revised it for a different market. . . .
like the Inspirational/Christian. |
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chris booklover
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Magic in a Jelly Jar by Sally Tyler Hayes |
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| library addict wrote: |
Personally, I do not like it when authors go back and rewrite/heavily revise prior books. I feel like they are somehow saying as a reader I am a fool by being a fan of the original work as the new is always better (but maybe that's just me). |
It's not just you. This is one of my pet peeves as well. With rare exceptions (such as when Mary Jo Putney and Catherine Coulter revised and expanded early Regencies) I almost always prefer the original to the revised version. |
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Karen Templeton
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Leigh, Harlequin Heartwarming is a new line, currently comprised of older books (some revised, as in this case), to meet what Harlequin has determined is a segment of the readership who wants sweet but not faith-centered (my mom was one of those, not *at all* interested in inspirational but also not a fan of any explicit sex. Yes, including scenes in my books, LOL).
So MIAJJ was revised specifically for that line, not for the inspirational market. 
Karen T
http://www.karentempleton.com |
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library addict
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| The original Silhouette Special Edition version of Magic in a Jelly Jar is available in ePub format from Harlequin.com and other vendors. |
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janet w
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:41 am Post subject: Truly dislike publishers re-issuing books under new name |
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I can't say the number of times I've fallen for that.
"Updating" revising editing out the steam increasing the steam -- I'm singularly unimpressed. The only time I sometimes like a change to an orginal work is when an author re-releases a book that has reverted to her and she includes stuff that was edited out. But even then, sometimes it's best to just leave things be. |
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