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R.K.Melton

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I haven't gotten around to it yet, but then, I haven't signed any new books either so nobody has been effected either. I am going to change it, but it's not necessary until I sign a new manuscript.
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Now I'm curious, being a newbie to this page I may seem ignorant in my inquiry. If this question has already been answered in a different form then I also apologize for that. However, speaking from a common sense factor, if someone who does indeed know what to look for in a contract, wouldn't you change your current contract to display such so the author had a good reason to contact you with the publishing of their books? If you do not change it now what is to prevent them from just passing over your company and going somewhere else and missing on the opportunity to have published them first? Thank you!

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that one doesnt work for me either :( i dont know why i cant get this page...

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Hmmm, I have no idea. The only thing I can think of is to change your privacy settings and see if that helps; sometimes web pages won't load if the privacy is up too high.

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ccomer said:
These post didn't come up the first time I did a search for them here.
Sorry to bother you.
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There's an extensive thread on TICO here, including a lot of discussion with the publisher.

It may work out as a good company, it may not--the publisher is not very experienced as a publisher, and that's a bad note. They used to post their basic contract and it was a nightmare with rights grabs, and would never release you until THEY announced your book was out of print (being a POD means it's never out of print). He wanted exclusive rights to your book for the life of the copyright (author's death + 70 years).

he sounded reasonable about changing that contract, but never did so where anyone could follow up on whether he changed it or not.

If you should go with him, get the offered contract in hand and send it to someone who can help you with the terms of it, it's likely to be the equivalent of putting your head in a vise, putting a full-auto shotgun muzzle first in a clamp with the muzzle right at the point of gag-reflex and pushing the trigger with your big toe.

Then again he may have changed the contract to something short of slavery . . . but if he has, why doesn't he post a new contract?

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Scott
 
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