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frahse · 09-13-2011, 03:37 AM

Elfwreck and others.

First I am not looking at the contract or any other agreement. For example "an agreement/outline of intent" is always useful.

The item the publisher is upset about was published after her contract was signed but before her book with the publisher was done. Did the contract somehow, someway, in any way stipulate that she was to work exclusively for the publisher or to let the publisher have the right to any other items or maybe even let the publisher know of other actions by her?

I don't know. Does anyone here know?

To answer some people here, the $20,000 advance doesn't obligate the author to be a slave for the publisher in perpetuity, but my guess (only a guess without the aforementioned paper work) is that the contract stipulated certain obligations that the author didn't understand or didn't choose to follow.

No one is winning here.

09-13-2011, 03:37 AM	#48
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	Attempt at clarity. Elfwreck and others. First I am not looking at the contract or any other agreement. For example "an agreement/outline of intent" is always useful. The item the publisher is upset about was published after her contract was signed but before her book with the publisher was done. Did the contract somehow, someway, in any way stipulate that she was to work exclusively for the publisher or to let the publisher have the right to any other items or maybe even let the publisher know of other actions by her? I don't know. Does anyone here know? To answer some people here, the $20,000 advance doesn't obligate the author to be a slave for the publisher in perpetuity, but my guess (only a guess without the aforementioned paper work) is that the contract stipulated certain obligations that the author didn't understand or didn't choose to follow. No one is winning here.