victoriastrauss said:The Tesseracts anthologies, I believe, are for Canadian writers only.
- Victoria
Yep. Just read that on the web site. Doh!
victoriastrauss said:The Tesseracts anthologies, I believe, are for Canadian writers only.
- Victoria
Carmy said:Also, the editors change with each anthology. Makes it hard to know what their preferences are. At the last count, they already had 70 submissions for Tesseract 11. Whew!
They don't negotiate their contacts and have a rather dim view of agents, FWIW.
According to Ralan's website: "Pays small advance & standard royaties Words: prefers 75-100k RT: <4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. "Well, I think it's safe to assume that at best they're royalty-paying only, at worst they're POD.
According to Ralan's website: "Pays small advance & standard royaties Words: prefers 75-100k RT: <4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. "
I've seen their books in stores. I have no idea of their Publisher/Author dynamic, but it seems clear they are a legitimate small press.
According to Ralan's website: "Pays small advance & standard royaties Words: prefers 75-100k RT: <4 months. Reprints: no. E-subs: no. "
Has anyone had any experience with Edge Publishing out of Canada?
Are they strictly a royalty-paying publisher?
Albeit one hostile to agents. They seem to have some angst that needs to be gotten over.
I can't remember how many times I've tried Edge, but it had to be at least five times for four different books. My records show non-responses from them. I don't think I've every had any contact with them. They don't negotiate their contacts and have a rather dim view of agents, FWIW.
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I must have missed something. What part of their website implies that they're hostile to agents?
This statement was made by Triceretops, not (as far as I'm aware of) their website. If true, it is a significant problem.
From Edge's site:
"We accept manuscripts from unagented as well as agented authors. There is not much an agent can do for most new authors other than try to locate a publisher. If you have already signed up with an agent, tell them to contact us with your work and we will study their proposal. However, agented works do not get special treatment; to us there is no difference than when you contact us yourself."
Oh-h-kay...
Maybe not hostile, but certainly that statement is full of misinformation. They just don't want to negotiate and so imply that agents don't negotiate contracts...which makes me think their advances and royalties aren't exactly competitive.
But that's not to say they're dishonest or not legitimate.
They're just not a publisher I personally would put on my A or B submission list.
"There is not much an agent can do for most new authors other than try to locate a publisher."
I just found the comments about agents and agented material a bit odd. Nothing earth-shattering. After all, Jim Baen did not suffer agents well, either. They probably do have a boilerplate contract that fits all and seems fair, and are resistent to veering from it or changing sections.