Re: RWA's latest

My uncle (who is an editor) and I argued about this one for months 
before we came up with our only viable solution.  If the work requires 
much more than proof-reading, then the author will have to pay editing 
fees, charged against future sales.  While this may sound harsh to some, 
Wallstone only acts as agent, and pays the author 80% of the net on all 
formats sold to the author.  Some authors are like, "You gotta be 
kidding me - charging me for edits?"  My only suggestion to them is to 
have it fairly-well edited before you submit....

Most of the work we'll be putting up (later this year) is internal 
anyway, so that's a moot point at the moment.

Danny Stone
Publisher/Producer
Wallstone Entertainment


Chris Smith wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Marion Gropen wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, the issues have been complex, and the coverage
> > unclear.
>
> Wow. And, Yes.
>
> When I don't think I understand something, I try and paraphrase
> it, and then ask if my paraphrasing captures the idea. So, here
> goes...
>
> == Subsidy => requiring the author to pay costs associated with
> editing, production or publishing of the work.
>
> == Not subsidy => requiring the author to pay costs associated
> with the creation (the actual writing) of the work.
>
> There appears to be agreement on the former and disagreement on
> the latter. At least one party feels that requiring the author to
> pay anything at all for any reasons qualifies as "subsidy".
>
> Would that capture the essence of this dispute
>

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