[Contest] Project Publish

Has someone been feeding Simon & Schuster the special brownies?

I find it interesting* that they won't publicly post their author agreement or terms of use.


*in that what's-that-smell kind of a way.

My bottom line is this, being published isn't a prize, or even a democracy. It's a business decision made by a publisher about full manuscripts they solicite. The first question would be do you even want to publish will S & S who have just hit the news for having a contract that keeps rights to books even when they go out of print (probably a "grab" for future e-rights). I wouldn't jump on this. The cost/benefit ratio looks dubious. I'm not saying it's a scam, it's just dumb.

What she said: http://groups.google.com.tw/group/rec.arts.sf.composition/msg/0966b2e8d45259df

I want to know where the money comes into play and I'm wagering it's mentioned in the agreement and/or terms of use.

I wonder if this is a sign that the flow of manuscripts from agents for submission to S&S is drying up, or that they expect it to dry up?

It might be another ploy to have their way with "out of print" status boilerplate.

Regards,
Scott

I think it must he been in the works for some time, so if there is a link betwene the two issues it would have to be simultaneous not one after the other....

Just did a post on Project Publish at Writer Beware's blog.

- Victoria