I am starting to wonder if I'm being trolled by somebody.

I was approached by a graphic novel publisher about adapting TGAB. After some back-and-forth discussing what exactly this would detail, they abruptly stopped answering me.

The initial approach was on Discord so I can't say for sure this person actually worked for that company, which appears to be legit. So I contacted them via their website, and still got no response.

So, ah well. It happens. I wrote that off; internet people just up and disappear sometimes.

Shortly after that, also on Discord, I was approached by someone claiming to be from RIDI, the biggest ebook publisher in South Korea, about securing the translation and Korean language distribution rights for TGAB.

Talked to them for a while, they actually sent me a draft contract, we negotiated terms to something agreeable to both parties, then they requested a mailing address to send me the physical contract.

Sent them that, and they abruptly stopped answering me, too.

It occurred to me that one may have been an elaborate scam to find my personal address, but I sent them a PO box, so if so, it didn't work.

But like...damn. Did I piss off somebody with an enormous amount of free time, or what?

.... that’s.... weird.......

And sure, the last episode was a few days ago. It probably takes at least this long for mail to get here from Korea, and I last contacted them on the weekend so there's also that.

It just seems odd to get no email acknowledgment of my last message. They were very forthright and communicative prior.

8Ta

i... got nuthin

maybe wait and see?

Well, like, there's not much else I can really do.

I figure if I've heard nothing by Friday I'll email them again to check. I don't wanna be pushy or anything.

Stuff like this is why i'm physically incapable of getting my hopes up anymore.

There's also that Korean business etiquette is totally over my head but I know there are things about it that are different from the West. I'm just unclear on the details of what.

you’re a westerner and this is presumably someone used to working with westerners, if they’re for translated acquisitions

Well, he definitely speaks English, or at least writes it. With a few errors, but pretty much fluently.

I'm assuming "he," the email address says his name is Ralph.

that’s not an uncommon practice, to adapt an english name when expected to work with english speakers

Yep. Korean names aren't unduly hard for anglophones to pronounce but in my experience a lot won't even bother to try...

welp. Just saw them online on discord and sent a message. They went offline.