Zero Angel
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(We don't have a "thumbs up" or "ditto" icon on this forum; this was the closest I could get!)
There's a "Thanks" option though! I like Google's the best personally. I +1 all sorts of stuff!
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What Will You Stand For?
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There's a "Thanks" option though! I like Google's the best personally. I +1 all sorts of stuff!
Interestingly enough, I am reviewing an agreement between a writer and a company right now, and the contract includes the following language:
So, as I noted above, if you get a publishing contract, READ IT
So, as I noted above, if you get a publishing contract, READ IT
Interestingly enough, I am reviewing an agreement between a writer and a company right now, and the contract includes the following language:
So, as I noted above, if you get a publishing contract, READ IT
I hate lawyer talk. After the second sentence I can only read blah blah blah blah Company blah blah blah Your Soul.
Ireth
Myth Weaver
The gist of the segment is: "You change your stuff how we want it changed if we see fit, and boohoo if you don't like it."
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Mindfire
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Interestingly enough, I am reviewing an agreement between a writer and a company right now, and the contract includes the following language:
So, as I noted above, if you get a publishing contract, READ IT
That seems terribly vague. Could you ask for something to be included allowing you to object to such changes for reasons of conscience, such as whitewashing, violating your religious beliefs, etc.?
That's why if you're going to enter into a major deal with a publisher, you have an agent. They can be the ones that want to slit their wrists reading contract language, and you can go have a beer.
You can ask for whatever you want. It all comes down to what you and the Company both agree to. I'm not saying the paragraph I cited is the standard, I just happened to come across it in this particular agreement and wanted to post it as an example of why you read every word of the document (or your agent does).
Or hire people like Steerpike
BWFoster78
Myth Weaver
I was kinda wondering if we could actually hire Steerpike.
You may have to change his litter the rest of his 9 lives...
I'm not a literary agent. I do review these kinds of agreements from time to time, usually with respect to the intellectual property terms. I've seen enough to know that 9 times out of 10 a good, experienced literary agent is going to pay for their own commission in terms of working the deal for you. That's the route I'd go. If you ever find yourself with a company interested enough to start talking contracts and you don't already have an agent, go find one. They're not too hard to get if you actually have a deal in the works.
No, no. Only people like him. Steerpike is a legend around these parts. Nations need to take loans from the World Bank to cover a day's worth of fees. He is the most lawyery lawyer in the world.
Hey, it would be nice if I could charge those kinds of rates. I'd retire pretty soon and just write
Zero Angel
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Ninja'd! -_- I always plan to explain things and then other people always beat me to the punch =P
Snowpoint
Sage
It helps to be flexible. If Jane Austen had not consented to adding Zombies for commercial appeal, then Pride and Prejudice would have never made it to publication.
The system works, because most books that are published are really good.
The system works, because most books that are published are really good.
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Mindfire
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What is this I don't even
FatCat
Maester
My god, that's brilliant!
Zero Angel
Auror
They're making it a movie too I heard
