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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Have you considered trying to sell them non-exclusive eRights? That would at least let you sell the ebook somewhere else, too. Alternatively, have you considered selling to Baen, who at least get it?
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Yes to both. We (my agent and I) tried to do the non-exclusive thing on our last contract round: they made a deal-breaker of the exclusive rights. I've considered selling to Baen ... but I'm not prepared to take the 50% pay cut it would entail. (Moving publisher is pretty damned serious -- it's the equivalent of changing your day job. And under some circumstances it can involve the equivalent of losing seniority, as well as angling for a promotion.) For the time being, I just have to grit my teeth and keep nudging in the right direction. And I'm not the only author in that position.
(There's other stuff going on that I can't write about in public. If you run into me at an SF convention, join me for a beer and I'll talk about it instead
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