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The Business Rusch: A Tale of Two Royalty Statements

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , basket accounting, contracts, Cory Doctorow, DRM, Hachette, Harlequin, Harlequin class action lawsuit, indie publishing, Nolo Press, Publishers Weekly, royalties, royalty statements, The Copyright Handbook, Tor, traditional publishing | 41 Comments »

Today I had hoped to write a blog about something other than traditional publishing contracts, but events have conspired against me. Cory Doctorow published a column on Publishers Weekly’s website about a new contract demand that might be coming from Hachette. Apparently, Hachette has decided to ensure that all of its e-books have some sort of DRM. [...]

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The Business Rusch: How Traditional Publishers Are Making Money

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, featured, free nonfiction, On Writing , Agents, CBS, contracts, Hachette, Harlequin, Lagardére, Negotiation, Pearson, Penguin, royalties, Simon & Schuster, St Martins Press, subsidiary rights, the New York Times, Time Warner, Torstar, traditional publishing, Warner | 78 Comments »

The Business Rusch: How Traditional Publishers Are Making Money Kristine Kathryn Rusch Of course, this past week has been just as busy in publishing as the last several weeks. The changes are amazing, especially considering how stable the industry used to be. Third quarter earnings have come in, and the publicly traded publishing companies must [...]

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