It makes sense to me. We did succeed in separating the rights, and I'll continue to be published by different houses in France and in Quebec. There are radical differences in market positioning, from country to country. Sometimes it simply has to do with the nature of the house. There is a constant ebb and flow to the quality of SF and fantasy fiction.
Some years are better than others.
I do try to keep up, with increasingly little success, for the simple reason that I'm also trying to keep up with major writers outside the field, too. I'm still reading in Byzantine history, still subscribing to the Byzans-L listserv, though it really would make sense to unsubscribe and shift gears. Hard to let go, after so many years. I kept deferring while I finished Lord of Emperors .