(Wasn't sure if this should go here or in Publishing--didn't seem like there was a fitting subforum there.)
I stumbled across an author named L.J. Smith today.
She's apparently the writer for some fairly popular series.
Somehow though, Smith has been prevented from writing/publishing more of her own books in at least two of those series--The Secret Circle, and the Vampire Diaries--and the publisher has instead chosen a ghostwriter to take over from her.
Is this a sign of a bad publishing deal, or is it something most publishers can do?
Gotta say, if it's a regular thing, then it would definitely push me towards self-publishing. I'd rather have it be mine and imperfect and underselling, rather than capable of being taken away from me.
I stumbled across an author named L.J. Smith today.
She's apparently the writer for some fairly popular series.
Somehow though, Smith has been prevented from writing/publishing more of her own books in at least two of those series--The Secret Circle, and the Vampire Diaries--and the publisher has instead chosen a ghostwriter to take over from her.
Is this a sign of a bad publishing deal, or is it something most publishers can do?
Gotta say, if it's a regular thing, then it would definitely push me towards self-publishing. I'd rather have it be mine and imperfect and underselling, rather than capable of being taken away from me.