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Old 12-02-2015, 01:12 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Established tradpub authors these days fall into three classes:
1-those that saw the change coming early enough to get most or all their backlist reverted and have gone mostly if not totally indie
2-those who didn't get the rights reverted and can only indiepub new works and only if their non-compete clauses don't prevent it.
3-those big enough not to care about leaving significant money on the table.
I refute your division.

John Scalzi has been a traditionally published author for ten years. He seems happy with his publisher -- he's just signed a ten year contract with them for 13 books!
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