In January of this year, I was contacted by the Omega publishing company in the Czech Republic about acquiring the Czech language rights to my December 2014 book, Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity. Since it is an independently published book, I found this to be a great opportunity to reach an international audience beyond what Amazon and this blog is capable of doing. Omega’s parent company also owns a chain of book stores throughout the country.

In February, I sold the rights under a standard contract and read that it could take up to 18 months before the book is translated, edited, printed and released. Well, I was recently amazed to discover they accomplished all that in seven months, far ahead of schedule. A representative with the publisher contacted me a few weeks ago to let me know that not only were they finished translating the book, they had also released it under the title: Zapomenutí sérioví vrazi – which translates to “Forgotten Serial Killers.”

This is a proud moment for me, and although I don’t like to talk about myself, I did want to share it on my blog. Any kind of acknowledgement from your peers is both a blessing and humbling. I am very grateful to the staff with Omega publishing company, SRO, for doing such a fine job in translating and publishing my book for the beautiful people of the Czech Republic. From my heart, thank you.

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