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Originally Posted by fjtorres
You may be right.
But I would say that BPH execs that sign those kinds of *contracts* have something to do with it.
The name of the game, as the BPHs play it, is "LEVERAGE". They rip-off the authors without it so its only fair they get ripped-off by the ones that do have it. Turnabout and all that...
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Rip off in what way?
What seems to be missing from all the claims about how publishing works is that the publishers pay and take a risk. For a lot of books they publish they loose money. And for some they earn money. The reason they want to sign multiple book deals with authors is that the first books usually do not earn any money. So they need to have a contract for more books to maximize the chance of earning money on a writers books.