Purge-Flare: Stickin' It to Pencil has only so many markets worldwide that it can hit. If it takes off, and demand can be generated for Blood Over Water and Ciem: Inferno this way, then it improves the odds of success for Ciem: Inferno to get a professional publisher release once written and ready.
If Ciem: Inferno enjoys massive domestic success, and there is international demand, then the publisher would most likely be willing to pay for international translations.
However, this is the current projection of markets worth targeting, versus ignoring.
Markets already covered by Purge-Flare native English or by already-existing foreign translations
- USA
- China
- Myanmar (the Chinese portion)
- Spain
- Malawi (the English portion of it)
- Mexico
- Japan
- India (English-speaking portions)
- Poland
- Gambia (the English-speaking portions)
- Most nations of South America (sans Brazil)
- Mann
- Barbados
- Ireland
- Marshall Islands
- New Zealand
- UK
- Jamaica (somewhat, though native dialects not considered)
- Israel (English-speaking portions)
- Australia
- Bermuda
- Nauru
- Virgin Islands
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Dominica
- Palau
- Anguilla
- Guam
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Canada
- Philippines (Cagayan de Oro, primarily)
- Portugal
- Brazil
- France
- Ivory Coast
- Quebec
- DR Congo
- Madagascar
- Niger
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
- Senegal
- Chad
- Belgium (French)
- Haiti
- Switzerland
- Seychelles
- any other French-speaking African country
Essentially, any nation that has a large portion of its population that already speak or know how to read English. Or any region where a translation already exists for that region's native language.
Markets for readership being pursued
- South Korea
- Russia
Markets that may be viable in the future
- Germany (although most Germans know English)
- France
Markets not deemed viable, or else no interest in making a translation for
- Greece (the portions that only speak Greek)
- Iran
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Morocco
- Any nation that speaks Swahili (including Uganda. Dat is not de wae!)
- Any nation speaking Swazi
- India (Hindi-speaking portions)
- Israel (the minority that speak only Hebrew)
- Bangladesh
- Turkey
- Rwanda
Bear in mind, this does not mean that someone from these lands is not allowed to enjoy it in their native language. It only means that Dozerfleet Labs won't take the painful effort to perform the translation directly and personally. However, anyone scholarly enough from these lands who desires an unofficial translation of Purge-Flare, is free to make one, and pass it on to their friends.
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