It just means they can later sue
the author for breach of contract.
Not exact matches
«Gravity»
Author Sues Warner Bros.
for Breach of Contract, Seeks Percentage
of Film's Profit Tess Gerritsen claims that she is owed a «based upon» credit and a boatload
of money.
There is no way
for the
author to terminate the
contract, other than through a
breach of contract by D Publishing — unlikely since the
contract places almost no obligations on D Publishing.
Authors should be entitled to audit their publishers
for any accounting period within the past six years, the statute
of limitations
for breach of contract claims in many states.
Author Solutions is known
for such poor editing that they create more errors than they fix, and they're currently being sued
for breach of contract (such as
for failing to pay out royalties).
It matters because if an
author breaches the
contract and places the work
for sale herself on another venue, Kristin's only remedy is to file suit
for breach of contract and ask
for 15 %
of the amount made.
The Guild also argues that some
of the publishers who have signed up
for Amazon's Lending Library might themselves be in
breach of contract by offering their books to be lent — according to the
authors» organization, lending rights are supposed to be negotiated separately, and
authors should be getting compensation
for participating in those programs.
In fact, the
Authors Guild posted a statement earlier this month saying it believes that Amazon is actually in
breach of contract with some
of the publishers whose books it's offering to lend — since the Guild says buying books in bulk (as Amazon has done in some cases, so it can offer them
for free to subscribers) doesn't allow the buyer to lend those books in the way Amazon intends.
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