stephenspower
Inkling
Michael
Thanks for the details response. I'm speaking about my experience at publishers Big 5 and not. Just a few thoughts:
Term: Yea, no pubilsher is going to change this for an original title, but if it's a reprint maybe you can get the old paperback terms, usually 7 years, and throw in a couple of plus ones in case the book hasn't earned out.
Out of print: $750 seems reasonable. Frankly, it makes sense to go out of print and pulp unmoving stock long before it gets to this point.
Non-compete: Excellent defanging. The key is get publishers to see the language from your point of view and consider the ramifications on your career. That said, if any publisher ever tried to say, You can't publish in your world after we've given up on you, the halls of agentdom would resound with shields and swords getting ready for battle. No author with a continuing character could ever move, and that happens all the time. In addition, if someone else made the character/world work, again the original publisher would sell the earlier backlist titles, which every new reader would turn to.
Joint accounting. This makes sense for publishers. Are their contracts with an author or for a series of single titles? In this the author has to share the risk. Why should an author get to benefit from one book that earns out while the publisher is sitting on unearned advances for other books?
Rights. Yes, a publisher will want ebook rights just as they'll want pb rights. A book is a book is a book in their minds. If you can sell audio separately, try. It's a growing part of the market. Most of the books I read are audio books. I wonder if Amazon has set up such a program with their audio divisioin to cater to self-published authors.
Stephen
Thanks for the details response. I'm speaking about my experience at publishers Big 5 and not. Just a few thoughts:
Term: Yea, no pubilsher is going to change this for an original title, but if it's a reprint maybe you can get the old paperback terms, usually 7 years, and throw in a couple of plus ones in case the book hasn't earned out.
Out of print: $750 seems reasonable. Frankly, it makes sense to go out of print and pulp unmoving stock long before it gets to this point.
Non-compete: Excellent defanging. The key is get publishers to see the language from your point of view and consider the ramifications on your career. That said, if any publisher ever tried to say, You can't publish in your world after we've given up on you, the halls of agentdom would resound with shields and swords getting ready for battle. No author with a continuing character could ever move, and that happens all the time. In addition, if someone else made the character/world work, again the original publisher would sell the earlier backlist titles, which every new reader would turn to.
Joint accounting. This makes sense for publishers. Are their contracts with an author or for a series of single titles? In this the author has to share the risk. Why should an author get to benefit from one book that earns out while the publisher is sitting on unearned advances for other books?
Rights. Yes, a publisher will want ebook rights just as they'll want pb rights. A book is a book is a book in their minds. If you can sell audio separately, try. It's a growing part of the market. Most of the books I read are audio books. I wonder if Amazon has set up such a program with their audio divisioin to cater to self-published authors.
Stephen
