More from Stackpole:
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...they want a return on their investment. I get that. I respect it. I applaud it.
That same desire for a return on investment tells me that authors have to be very careful in analyzing what will make the best business sense for Skyhorse/Start. To me, the plan that makes the most sense is to squeeze the ebook market for all its worth, sell audio rights in bulk for quick cash and then cherry-pick the projects that have a high return potential going forward. Any property that doesn’t, I sell as literary scrap. I don’t know that this is what they are going to do. This is what I would do were I in charge. You know, to get my money back.
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It seems the new contract shares a lot of features with the recently-decried Hydra contract and the legally-validated Harlequin contract. So a critical reading results in a lot of ways the authors can be potentially... mistreated...
