Sentences with phrase «midlist contracts»

(I will under modern copyright law and standard genre midlist contracts, get my book back in 35 years no matter what the contract says.)

If you (traditional publisher) are offering me a small midlist contract of say $ 5,000.00, the contract terminates completely in five years from the day of publication or six years from the day of signing on the contract.

Not exact matches

In any other industry, a standard 2014 midlist writer contract would be considered a scam contract and no reasonable attorney would ever let you sign it.

Agents and their midlist or lower - profile authors are being pressured to sign such contracts right now as I type.

You sign a modern traditional contract as a beginning writer or low - level midlist writer, you must trust the publisher, a large corporation, to watch out for your interests for the life of your copyright.

``... for those countless midlist authors stuck with unconscionable contracts because they had no choice, and the multitude of authors kept out of the industry by gatekeepers such as yourself, it didn't work.

Compared to any publisher but Baen, it's an absurdly good contract for first - time - unknown, or midlist.

The contracts from traditional publishers have become so abusive to midlist and beginning writers, it's just stunning.

I don't want to hear about how this is a big falsehood (it isn't, I know at least fifteen authors, personally, not just internet pals, that have these contracts, and all are midlist at best).

Distribution directly to the readers became possible, the silliness of thinking of self - publishing as a bad thing got shot in the head after fifty years of life, and some midlist writers finally got completely sick of the bad contracts and even worse treatment from traditional publishers.

I am not familiar with the audit provisions, if any, of a typical midlist publishing contract.