I don't know why, but Zack makes me feel a bit squicky.
One thing we also have to remember is that except in cases of work-for-hire, the author is not the publisher's employee (despite attempts by publishers to create this impression). The publisher is licensed by the author to publish the author's work. The author is within her rights to demand that her text be printed as she wishes, and she is also within her rights to expect timely and respectful editorial and production input. And payment--since as advances against royalties that will be presumed to be earned by her books, that money is hers to begin with, not the publisher's.
Publishers would be very happy if fewer authors remembered this.
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Date: 2004-12-17 06:24 pm (UTC)One thing we also have to remember is that except in cases of work-for-hire, the author is not the publisher's employee (despite attempts by publishers to create this impression). The publisher is licensed by the author to publish the author's work. The author is within her rights to demand that her text be printed as she wishes, and she is also within her rights to expect timely and respectful editorial and production input. And payment--since as advances against royalties that will be presumed to be earned by her books, that money is hers to begin with, not the publisher's.
Publishers would be very happy if fewer authors remembered this.