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Wow, just wow. I never seen such a display of total ignorance and unwillingness to listen. You have no idea what you are talking about and your capability of judging people cannot be more wrong. Hitch is nothing like you described. She is one of the few professionals in the field that actually help and gives inside information for nothing in return. You would be foolish not to listen to her advice.
The first lines of the contract you posted are quite normal for this kind of services. What do you expect, that they create a new contract for every writer that thinks he can write? In almost all industries standard contracts are used, especially in a one-to-many way of doing business. The *only* thing I find strange, is that they place the responsibility of checking for updates at other side. If they change the rules, they should notify the other party. In a lot of countries it is not even allowed otherwise. Also, in a lot of countries you are free to break a contract if it is changed by one side.
You clearly underestimate the amount of effort, and money!, it takes to publish books yourself on your own site. Especially if you want to have it secure, which is a no-brainer I assume.
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