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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Nope.
Publishers no longer do print-only deals.
(Few ever did.)
And they no longer agree to text-only deals.
Current "Industry Standard" deals require audio and global rights or it's no deal.
Unless you're Grisham, King, etc.
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Thanks for correcting my speculation. What reasons do you believe some already successful Indie's have to go to tradpub? Is it pie in the sky optimism? Or are they doing non-standard deals? It is difficult to see why a successful Indie would sign an "Industry Standard" deal. It seems to me they would want higher royalty rates and a more restricted rights-grab than standard. Perhaps they match Amazon royalty rates on e-books? Of course we don't see the contracts either way, so can only speculate.