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The Business Rusch: Writers And The DOJ Lawsuit

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, featured, free nonfiction, Freelancer's Survival Guide, On Writing , accounting, anti-trust, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Charles Petit, civil law, court cases, Dana Blankenhorn, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, indie publishing, John Sargent, journalists, lawyers, MacMillan, Michael Cader, Microsoft, Most Favored Nation, NBC Nightly News, Penguin Group, pricing, Publishers Lunch, Richard Alan Dickson, royalty statements, Seeking Alpha, Simon & Schuster, stock prices, traditional publishers, United States Justice Department | 56 Comments »

The Business Rusch: Writers and The DOJ Lawsuit Kristine Kathryn Rusch This week, the Department of Justice filed its lawsuit against Apple and five publishers. Three publishers settled immediately with two, as of this writing, going forward—Penguin and MacMillan. I am not a lawyer, so I cannot comment on the filing. A few have, including [...]

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The Business Rusch: Why Not?

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, featured, free nonfiction, On Writing , Angelina Jolie, Audible, Barbara Freethy, bestseller list, Carina Press, Charles Dickens, Createspace, Darcy Chan, Dean Wesley Smith, Dion, Edward Kennedy, Harlequin, Harry Potter, herding cats, indie publishing, J. Steven York, J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Jane Austen, John Grisham, Lightning Source, Mercy Thompson, Michael Cader, Michael Kingswood, NCIS, New York Times, Patricia Briggs, Publishers Marketplace, Robert F. Kennedy, Simon & Schuster, Tom Clay, USA Today, Walter Isaacson | 85 Comments »

The Business Rusch: Why Not? Kristine Kathryn Rusch On TV’s most popular drama series, NCIS, the main character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, walks through the office, and if he hears a stupid statement, he slaps the speaker on the back of the head. Now, this is fiction, mind you. In any real office, military or not, [...]

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The Business Rusch: Writers: Will Work For Cheap

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, featured, free nonfiction, On Writing , advances, Agents, Amanda Hocking, Anniversary Day, Asgard Press, Bookscan, BookStats, Copyright Handbook, Darcie Chan, G-Men, indie publishing, inflation, Jack Williamson, Jackie-O, Lawrence Block, Michael Cader, Mill River Recluse, money, New Yorker, Publishers Marketplace, purchasing power, Stanford delayed gratification study, traditional publishing, WMG Publishing | 168 Comments »

The Business Rusch: Writers: Will Work For Cheap Kristine Kathryn Rusch Here’s something that has nagged at me since the start of the indie publishing revolution: writers—published writers—dismissing money as a factor in publishing their work. The argument goes like this: Traditionally Published Writer A says she’ll never self-publish. When told that her $5000 advance [...]

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