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On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:49:21PM -0800, Tracy R Reed wrote:
But *now*, authors do *not* irrevocably give the printers their copyrights.
Musicians do. As do screenwriters. Do most book authors not?
In another email I mentioned how an author told me until you have one or more
successful books you have no negotiating power with publishers. So in effect
I'd answer your question by saying looks like authors get the shaft as well.
Publishers also try to shaft the authors in many other ways. They make
very limited attempts to sell the books, sending them out to stores just
once and then dropping them if there isn't an overwhelming response by
the public in a very short time. They demand that the authors go on
book-signing publicity tours at their own expense, providing almost no
additional publicity themselves. That's why so many authors now are
doing their own publishing, selling their books at fairs and at lectures
they give. And self-publishing has become much easier and cheaper with
the advent of print-on-demand services.
James
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