Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: What to Watch For - Writer Beware (R)

Today Panzer made a quick trip to the Writer Beware (R) site. With no digging at all in the posts he found one about editing clauses in publishing contracts.

 

Watch out.

Victoria Strauss's post includes samples of red-flag editing clauses. For example: these would be clauses which don't allow the author to see the editing changes made to the manuscript before publication or the publisher has the right to make complete re-writes without author input. There's also a section about what to do if you find one of these editing clauses in your publishing contract.

 

Panzer says, "There sure is a lot to watch out for if you deal with a traditional publisher."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea, a muffin and three chocolate chip cookies.

 

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