Feo Takahari
Auror
An extract from the contract I received three months ago:
I sent back a question regarding some specifics, and haven't heard back. This is a pretty long wait even for this publisher (who tends to take a month or two to reply to emails), so I emailed again today asking what happened.
My question is, if I were to agree to the contract, and then the story never got published (which I suspect might be a possibility), what would happen to my rights? If the story never had a "date of publication," would I ever get my rights back? (Even if I don't go with this publisher, it'll be good to know for future reference.)
AGREEMENT dated this day of 26 March 2014 in which [X] agrees with [Y], hereinafter referred to as Author, that Author grants [X] the exclusive right for two years from the date of publication to publish the written product, titled "Blood Price," and hereinafter referred to as The Work, as a trade paperback publication.
Author also grants [X] the exclusive right for two years from the date of publication to publish The Work electronically, in or as an eBook.
I sent back a question regarding some specifics, and haven't heard back. This is a pretty long wait even for this publisher (who tends to take a month or two to reply to emails), so I emailed again today asking what happened.
My question is, if I were to agree to the contract, and then the story never got published (which I suspect might be a possibility), what would happen to my rights? If the story never had a "date of publication," would I ever get my rights back? (Even if I don't go with this publisher, it'll be good to know for future reference.)