I suspect paragraph 18 was a lot more important in the days when carbon paper was the only way people could make copies before sending the manuscript off to the publisher. Between photocopiers and word processing, I sincerely hope that authors don't need the publisher to return things nearly as often (or at all).
I actually hadn't thought of that <wry g>. My first submission was written on a 512k Mac, so I had copies of it, and access to a laser printer; it was still cheaper to photocopy than to print at that time.
But I do remember, when I was pre-pubescent, sitting in front of one of the old models of IBM selectric and typing straight to paper.
If, otoh, I'd sent in original artwork for production purposes, I'd want that back -- I'm not sure if this was the contract used for picture books, for instance.
And, come to think, I'm not sure how artwork is now transferred between artist and publisher. I don't know if the artist can scan it in and send that (large) file, or if they still send the original painting. Given how many covers are now being done digitally, I'm assuming that there's some way of transferring them digitally.
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Date: 2004-09-25 09:37 pm (UTC)I actually hadn't thought of that <wry g>. My first submission was written on a 512k Mac, so I had copies of it, and access to a laser printer; it was still cheaper to photocopy than to print at that time.
But I do remember, when I was pre-pubescent, sitting in front of one of the old models of IBM selectric and typing straight to paper.
If, otoh, I'd sent in original artwork for production purposes, I'd want that back -- I'm not sure if this was the contract used for picture books, for instance.
And, come to think, I'm not sure how artwork is now transferred between artist and publisher. I don't know if the artist can scan it in and send that (large) file, or if they still send the original painting. Given how many covers are now being done digitally, I'm assuming that there's some way of transferring them digitally.