As an author (with the same publisher, and more or less the same experience, I'm afraid), I must comment. A publishing contract is almost as one-sided as buying a house -- once you agree, you are stuck with a long-term proposition. Knowing that, it's still hard to make an intelligent choice unless one is a very prolific writer, because (also like buying a house), it's not something you do often.
A typical contract may leave you with the copyright (not all do, BTW), but what you can actually do with that copyright may be quite limited. You probably will not, for instance, be able to separately publish an electronic version of the same book. You will not be able to arrange a print-on-demand version with Kinko's or other locally-convenient printers. You may be required to give the publisher the right of first refusal on your next book (they've turned down the one I wanted to do a year ago, which is good -- I have a better idea, now, and I will present it and publish my way, and the only one I'll have to praise or blame is me). Setting up a link on your ownwebsite may be the most you can do to facilitate book sales in this environment. Annlee ""Zsombor Papp"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Are you saying that Priscilla is changing publishers as other people > shirts?!? > > :) > > At 01:57 PM 6/27/2003 +0000, Mwalie W wrote: > >Hello, > > > >Most of these things we sometimes have to learn the hard way - like choice > >of a publisher and many other choices!! > > > >I remember before I became good at choosing shirts; I always used to make > >mistakes, only to find out later that I really do not like this shirt.. > > > >But now, I know a good shirt just when I look at it :) > > > >It is normal :) > > > >Mwalie Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=71543&t=71462 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
