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I'm asking because I've recently seen a few threads in the Writers Cafe about how English writers aren't selling as well in the US. I find this surprising - I'm American, and although I don't always know the meaning of words like "torch" and don't have a sense of how much 30 pounds is, I would never stop a book over this. In fact, my favorite indie book so far is Remix, by an English writer (Lexi Revellian) and I'm halfway through her second book, Replica, which I also like a lot. One writer, who's name I have forgotten, said she wrote a UK and a US version of her book after her first English book didn't sell well. The US version of the new one is selling like gangbusters in the US.
Does it matter if a writer uses American English vs. UK English? One of my favorite mystery writers, Elizabeth George, is an American who writes in Great Britian style English. Her characters are English, her stories take place in England, and she spells "tire" "tyre."
Julie
Does it matter if a writer uses American English vs. UK English? One of my favorite mystery writers, Elizabeth George, is an American who writes in Great Britian style English. Her characters are English, her stories take place in England, and she spells "tire" "tyre."
Julie