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unilateral contract change upon writers of media tie-in products carrying the Star Wars banner. The books are now sold (and I emphasize "sold," because the writer retains no rights at all) on a flat-fee basis. Bantam absolutely refuses to allow royalties, although the end return on a royalty basis for some books exceeds the flat fees offered by around 175%. Shortly after Mr. I. Applebaum's announcement of the unilateral change in terms, Del Rey--a unit of Knopf--obtained the contract from Lucasfilm for future Star Wars tie-ins products. The SFWA and science f
only to be kicked in the teeth by news that BDD's parent (which, given its behavior in recorded music and the German market, was probably behind the contract change) is buying Knopf. It is they who remain interested in considering first-time authors, fiction and non fiction, for their lists. To put it another way: There are certain specialist aspects of the market for writers--speculative fiction being one of them--that certainly require antitrust intervention. One can skew the figures for those markets to fall just barely into "rule of reason" territory. The proposed merger between Bertelsmann (owns BDD) and Random House has raised concerns among authors and agents, one being the possible negative impact on new author publication. BDD/RANDOM HOUSE MERGER. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. Stuart Applebaum responded as follows: "The newly combined company will be just as welcoming of the opportunity to publish first-time authors as BDD and Random House have been separately. Please support Inkspot by clicking on the banner ad at the top and check out "Jesse's Word Of The Day" (which IS an interesting page of info. are pertinent and appropriate for which publishing house.
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