tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476879255210454318.post7017845715215747009..comments2023-10-24T00:26:25.926-10:00Comments on RD Meyer Writes: Please Stop GrovelingRD Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15152909771651635284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476879255210454318.post-31943823181441892672012-09-19T22:15:04.716-10:002012-09-19T22:15:04.716-10:00I think the second reason you listed is at the hea...I think the second reason you listed is at the heart of it - limiting choices about going to the competition. Common sense would suggest that they'd be happy squeezing as much money as they could out of their authors; but hey, this IS traditional publishing we're talking about, and I'm not sure common sense factors in all that much here.<br /><br />I think that their upper echelons are indeed despairing, but that hasn't reached some of the lower rungs yet. I wonder if they'll all get it before it's too late, or if their arrogance will let them continue in this death spiral they're in.RD Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152909771651635284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476879255210454318.post-5189021499370166572012-09-19T05:55:39.452-10:002012-09-19T05:55:39.452-10:00RD
The main reason to limit the writer to a book a...RD<br />The main reason to limit the writer to a book a year is that this is what allows the publisher (and other publishers) "clear numbers" on how much you're selling. I.e. it allows them to know how your book did and if they won the lottery. The other reason is to keep you out of options. I.e. you can't say "Stuff it. I'm going with my other publisher, whose statements, btw, are much clearer than yours." Also, you can't talk back to them as in "What do you mean you can't use my real name because it's burned? My other publisher is using my real name and..." It hurts the whole deferential and desperate thing they like us to have. And you know what? They can look upon my middle finger and despair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com