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The Business Rusch: A Tale of Two Royalty Statements

August 15, 2012Kristine Kathryn Rusch41 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. […]

The Business Rusch: The Future And Balance (Deal Breakers 2012)

August 1, 2012Kristine Kathryn Rusch56 Comments

I started this small series on deal breakers two weeks ago, in response to Novelists, Inc’s request for an update of an article that I gave them last August. I thought such an update would be easy until I read the article itself. Then I realized just how much had changed in the last year. […]

The Business Rusch: The End of Reversion Clauses (Deal Breakers 2012)

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012Kristine Kathryn Rusch46 Comments

Dean Wesley Smith and I have spent a good part of this summer teaching, as well as talking to other professional writers. One thing we discuss is the history of the business because it helps us understand how we got to where we are. In the beginning, publishing was a handshake operation. Writers and publishers […]

The Business Rusch: Deal Breakers 2012

July 18, 2012Kristine Kathryn Rusch43 Comments

I have a sticky note on my computer marked “Deal Breakers—by July 30.” It’s a reminder to revise the deal breakers article I wrote last year for the binder that Novelists Inc. give out at their conference every year. I was scheduled to speak last year, but had to cancel because of problems with the […]

The Business Rusch: Competition

February 23, 2012February 28, 2012Kristine Kathryn Rusch57 Comments

The Business Rusch: Competition Kristine Kathryn Rusch Just a few years ago, traditional publishers had a monopoly. They controlled the distribution of books. This meant that the publishers dictated terms to booksellers and they dictated terms to writers. What resulted was what happens whenever anyone controls a marketplace: lots of nasty business practices, lots […]

The Business Rusch: Bad Decisions and the Midlist Writer (Changing Times Part 15)

January 26, 2011January 29, 2011Kristine Kathryn Rusch50 Comments

The Business Rusch: Bad Decisions and The Midlist Writer (Changing Times Part Fifteen) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Last week, I ended my blog with this happy thought: “Looking in my crystal ball, I worry that the writers who will get scammed, who will lose actual fortunes, won’t be the beginners or the bestsellers. It’ll be the […]