Weighing in on the latest Publishing Situation...

[anghara]

By now anyone in the game would have heard about Night Shade and the cavalry riding to its rescue, Sky Horse/Start Publishing. Authors have commented on the proposed new contracts that would go into effect under the new broom, and the responses have ranged from lukewarm to outright outrage. And now there's this, an interview with the heads of the

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[barbarienne]

And then there's the clause which gives the new owners the right to dispose of some of the acquired properties to third parties at their discretion, without the author's further approval or consent. So you could end up being published by who knows who, and you have absolutely no say in the matter at all.-->This to me is the crux of the decision, for those who have to make it. How is this situation any different from the current get-sold-to-random-stranger-in-bankruptcy-settlement situation