Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant describes the fascinating world of book deals in one of their articles today. Publisher Prometheus, from Amsterdam, bought the Fifty Shades manuscript for $150.000 in March. When the manuscript landed on our desk for translation, nobody knew that the trilogy would become incredibly successful in Belgium and The Netherlands.
The Dutch translation was made within weeks; before the summer and before readers would pick up the English books. With a tight schedule and enthusiastic translators and editors Textcase translated the manuscript in such a way that multiple media outlets in Belgium and The Netherlands say the translation is ‘better than the original’.