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Old 02-23-2010, 08:05 PM   #35
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The problem is they DID give up control. They can't cackle with glee and go off and slap old books up at Amazon, unless they were "lucky" enough to go out of print in the 1990s before publishers starting locking things up.
I did specifically say manuscripts that were rejected by publishers

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Yeah, that's the rub. Most are locked into long contracts.
Just what sort of contracts are most authors under? I was assuming that most would have a 2-3 book deal, not much more...?
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