Must Reada Magazines Statement on Changes Made to Standard Contract in Response to SFWA - File 770

You don't want to mess with writers' groups.

Panzer's second stop in the Catosphere today was at the File 770 site. With a little digging in the posts our inquisitive boy found one about the publisher Must Reads Magazines writers contracts.

 

Mike Glyer's post has Must Reads Magazines direct statement about the contract changes made. 

 

Panzer says, "The publisher received similar push-back from mystery writers groups for the contract for their mystery magazines too."

 

Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what you want to snack on.

  

To read the post tootle over to SFWA

Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself - Writer Beware (R)

It's worth your time reading this.

Panzer made a trip to the to the Writer Beware site today. There with a little digging in the posts our illustrious kitty found one about bad for writers contract phrasing.

 

At the beginning of the post Victoria Strauss says this is a slightly re-written post which has appeared before. The post addresses six "assumptions" authors should never make about contracts they're asked to sign. Links to other posts with contract information are also included in the post.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty says there's good contract information in here that every writer should be familiar with."

 

Note: This is a long medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin to snack on while you read.

 

To read the post tootle over to Evaluating Publishing Contracts

Bad Contract Alerts: NovelSnack/Any Stories/ReadInk/ - Writer Beware (R)

45,000 words a month? No. Doesn't leave time to sleep.

Panzer made a trip to the Writer Beware (R) site and he found an important post about bad contracts there.

Victoria Strauss shows in her post that NovelSnack, Any Stories and ReadInk are all part of one company. These are serialized fiction apps. The post then addresses the problems in the NovelSnack contract. Each section of the contract is highlighted and then explained. The contract is so complicated you'll need to read the post yourself to understand it.

Panzer says, "Who can write 45,000 words per month? Why would anybody agree to that?"

Note: This is a very, very long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on while you read this post.

To read the post tootle over to Bad Contracts