A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: What Does My Contract Mean and Should I Sign It? (paragraphs 8-12)
It is Tuesday. Time to tall turkey. Monday's madness is over, and Wednesday will take us over the hump, so Tuesday it is--for some serious discussion with authors. Tuesday talks mean to address authors in waiting and self-published authors who would like to go a more traditional route or who would at least like to take their steps with a publisher by their side. Today's topic addresses -- what is a good one, what is a bad one, and what do the specialized terms actually mean? I have been answering these questions in a series of posts, using, to start, our contracts, and will go through them paragraph by paragraph. Then, I will look at some other publishers' contracts for differing content. A few weeks ago, we talked about paragraph 8, as found in a hybrid contract. We will now return to a discussion of traditional contracts and look at paragraphs 8-12. Please keep in mind, though, that the paragraphs in your contract may not be in the same order; however, they will contain t