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----- Forwarded message from Aahz <aahz -at- pythoncraft -dot- com> -----
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.techwr-l
> Subject: Re: Question about Publishers
> Date: 19 May 2002 15:06:52 -0400
>
> In article <20020519184606 -dot- 57366 -dot- qmail -at- mail -dot- com>,
> Jill Johnson <jilljohnson -at- programmer -dot- net> wrote:
>>
>>I have been following a debate on the yahoogroups computerbookauthors
>>list about whether authors should disclose prior contract information
>>regarding advances and royalties.
>>
>>I understand that if authors were more knowledgable, then publishers
>>would end up paying more in the way of advances and royalties than they
>>currently do. I would think that a group that allows authors to become
>>knowledgable is a good thing even if publishers have to pay a little
>>bit more.
>
> This sounds interesting, but I can't quite figure out what you're
> saying. Mind rephrasing?
>
> As an aside, I belong to the NWU (National Writers Union), and they
> recently organized a seminar on "Writer as Publisher". Part of the
> premise was that authors don't need agents. While I agree with that
> sentiment on a technical level, I wrote a response article titled "I
> Like My Agent", which should be published in the next NWU Local 3
> newsletter.
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