stateside

John Grishamの小説 "Camino Winds" を読み始めました。Grishamの小説はこれで１１冊目で、昨年の6月に読んだのが "Camino Island" で、 "Camino Winds" もこのシリーズの一つの様です。

Mercer smiled again and said, “My agent called this morning. Viking is offering a nice sum for two more books."
Bruce raised his glass again and said, "Awesome. Those people aren't stupid. Congratulations, Mercer. Great news." Of course, Bruce wanted all the details, especially the amount of the "nice sum," but he had a general idea. Mercer's agent was a tough old pro who knew the business and could now negotiate a new two-book deal for seven figures. After years of struggling, Ms. Mann was entering a new world.
"And foreign rights?" Bruce asked.
"We start selling them next week,”she said. Mercer's first books had barely sold stateside. There were no foreign royalties.

"stateside" の意味を辞書で調べます。

・Collins Dictionary: Stateside means in, from, or to the United States.: The band are currently planning a series of Stateside gigs.

・Cambridge English Dictionary: related to the US; in or towards the US: Some of the girls dreamed of finding an American husband to transport them stateside (= to the US).

・Merriam-Webster: being in, going to, coming from, or characteristic of the 48 conterminous states of the U.S.: transferred from Europe to stateside duty