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Originally Posted by Kevin8or
Will publishing houses respond by insisting on exclusivity clauses for the next x books or y years? "If you want us to publish your fist book, we insist on the option of publishing the next two books you may write. Self-publishing isn't permitted."
Does that already occur? Could it occur?
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I've seen that with one of the big publishers, can't remember which. It's open to new writers, you send your work in and if they get around to reading it and think they can make some profit from it they sign you up on a crappy royalty rate and get first refusal on your next 2 books at the same crappy royalty rate. If they still want you after 3 books you can renegotiate after that.