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Originally Posted by darryl

Another relevant link, this time to a blog post by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in my opinion one of the more insightful commentators. http://kriswrites.com/2015/08/12/bus...-it-does-best/

A must read, like many of her columns.

It is an interesting sign of the times that it took Mr Hamilton less than a week to find a new outlet for his book. And he ended up getting a higher payment.

http://www.startribune.com/crime-wri...her/320950321/

(Note that this best-selling, award winning author with 20 years experience did not have the money on hand to refund the advance on the old contract. His agent had to front him the money.)

In the olden days, as KKR points out, his career would be over but today it is the publisher that got toasted instead. (And it turns out he is far from the first that particular publisher has stiffed on support. They have a history of that going back to the 80s that is now coming to light.)

It seem that proven sellers are in high enough demand that even breaking omerta won't get them blacklisted.

Having options is liberating.