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Buggrit

Well, you live and learn, I suppose. I was wondering why Aspen Mountain Press haven't sent me an edited version of my novella "Chiaroscuro" which will (should) be coming out in December sometime, and before I emailed the publisher I thought I'd better check the contract. Proves you must ALWAYS read your contract...

The Publisher retains the right to edit and revise the Work for any and all uses described in this agreement providing the meaning of the Work is not materially altered.

HELL. That basically means they can do anything they like to it, and I don't like that at all. *cries* And I won't know anything about it until they go to publication. I shall write to them today and ask them for a version. Edit? Yes. I can't do commas. REVISE???? NO!!!

So - in that vein. Please go and read THIS which Logophilos shared with me recently, all about contracts and why you should read them, and why you should communicate any misgivings and why you need to negotiate. As Treva2007 says: AFTER you signed the contract is the wrong time to ask what it means