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fjtorres · 01-13-2014, 11:33 AM

It's all a matter of leverage and desperation; industry newcomers are offered contracts that barely let them control the spelling of their name, whereas established authors can conceivably retain control of ebook rights, derivative rights, and even specify hard end dates for the contract.
A lot depends on whether the author has an ip lawyer on their side or a rubber-stamp agent and whether they are willing to walk away from a bad contract.

01-13-2014, 11:33 AM	#179
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	It's all a matter of leverage and desperation; industry newcomers are offered contracts that barely let them control the spelling of their name, whereas established authors can conceivably retain control of ebook rights, derivative rights, and even specify hard end dates for the contract. A lot depends on whether the author has an ip lawyer on their side or a rubber-stamp agent and whether they are willing to walk away from a bad contract.