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It just seems like a stretch to me that they'd be able to string an author along for five years after being given the final draft. After a year without progress
by dkuntz2 12y ago
It just seems like a stretch to me that they'd be able to string an author along for five years after being given the final draft. After a year without progress I feel like most authors would try another publisher.
- anigbrowl 12y agoPublishing deals often revolve around exclusive options. Also, publishers often wants to bring in a third person as an editor, market a book or a film at a particular time during the annual release cycle and so on - often for entirely legitimate reasons. It's not that publishers are inherently morally worse tha autheros, just that their interests aren't perfectly aligned, and short copyright terms shift the incentives strongly in favor of the publishers because they have more economic resources than the typical author and can better afford to play a waiting game.