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Steven Lake · 10-08-2010, 07:42 PM

lol. That's a great way to look at it. I myself would love to be picked up by Random House, but only for one of my series (Land of the Lions) as I feel that would do best with a big house publisher. I think the rest will actually do better at a small house. Some might think differently, but that's my thoughts on it.

Anywho, if they do pick me up, there will be several stipulations that will immediately go into the contract before I ever sign with them. They are: 1) I will be treated as a human, and not cattle. 2) My book is my book. Do not even *DREAM* of changing it. Suggest all the editing and grammatical tweaks you want, but if I don't want to change it, it's not getting changed. Deal with it. And no, you may not in any way change the story on your own unless I say so. 3) I may not be Dan Brown, but you *WILL* market my book with a reasonable amount of effort. 4) Don't lie to me...ever. You lie to me, the book goes elsewhere, period.

Now most big houses will probably laugh at those demands, and if they do, fine. I simply don't need to publish with them then. This might sound a bit snooty on my part, but dangit, I've spent my life getting stepped on by big companies, and I will not let a publisher do it to me too! It's one of the biggest reasons I went small house in the first place.

10-08-2010, 07:42 PM	#12
Steven Lake Sci-Fi Author Posts: 1,158 Karma: 14743509 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Device: PC (Calibre)	lol. That's a great way to look at it. I myself would love to be picked up by Random House, but only for one of my series (Land of the Lions) as I feel that would do best with a big house publisher. I think the rest will actually do better at a small house. Some might think differently, but that's my thoughts on it. Anywho, if they do pick me up, there will be several stipulations that will immediately go into the contract before I ever sign with them. They are: 1) I will be treated as a human, and not cattle. 2) My book is my book. Do not even DREAM of changing it. Suggest all the editing and grammatical tweaks you want, but if I don't want to change it, it's not getting changed. Deal with it. And no, you may not in any way change the story on your own unless I say so. 3) I may not be Dan Brown, but you WILL market my book with a reasonable amount of effort. 4) Don't lie to me...ever. You lie to me, the book goes elsewhere, period. Now most big houses will probably laugh at those demands, and if they do, fine. I simply don't need to publish with them then. This might sound a bit snooty on my part, but dangit, I've spent my life getting stepped on by big companies, and I will not let a publisher do it to me too! It's one of the biggest reasons I went small house in the first place. Last edited by Steven Lake; 10-08-2010 at 07:45 PM.