Re: RWA's latest

Me:
>> That's a standard writers' group generalization. It's wrong. I'm  
>> sorry to be so blunt, and it's not normally my style, but this is  
>> a common myth.
>

Emily (veinglory)
> I really don't think so.  I may be "only" small press published but  
> my opinions were molded mainly by publishers.  They told me I  
> shouldn't pay them money in order to get puiblished.  I though that  
> sounded like a damn good idea ;)
>
>> I have NEVER seen a large publishers' contract that didn't include  
>> consequences for writers who screw up the process in a big way for  
>> all concerned.
>
> I am thinking of what is routine assuming both published and author  
> do what they should.  i.e. if thing go to plan will I pay.  For  
> "traditional publishing" I would say: no.  Not only not pay the  
> whole bill, or most of the bill, but not pay at all.

But that's not what's under discussion. The RWA rejected Tsaba  
because their contract penalizes the author for NOT meeting normal  
obligations, like providing prefaces, indexes, or illos WHEN the  
agreed specs called for them.

In other words, the Tsaba folks have built in a way to salvage the  
book without suing for breach of contract. That's not asking the  
author to pay to get published, it's asking the author to produce the  
WHOLE ms, not just part of it.


Marion Gropen
Gropen Associates, Inc.
By-The-Question Consulting,  Tools for Publishers, & Classes
www.GropenAssoc.com
Her blog: www.GropenAssoc.com/blog




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