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Originally Posted by rhadin
Why doesn't Amazon's contract offer audit rights? Why is trust a one-way street?
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Good question. I don't think I've seen an audit clause in
any self-pub contract -- not just Amazon, but Pubit, SW, Apple, etc. (I could be wrong, but I don't recall seeing one.)
I can think of two reasons:
- These companies do not have history in publishing. They're writing the rules, they don't necessarily even think of things that are the accepted norm in traditional publishing, and there are no agents pushing back as a group demanding them.
- They probably wouldn't agree to it anyway, unless very powerfully prodded. I imagine the vision of a thousand semi-professional indie writers coming at them with audit orders in hand would be enough to make them shudder.
Doesn't mean it shouldn't happen, though.