Contract terms debated at BEA

A Big Five c.e.o. advocating for a flat rate royalty across formats? A long-established independent publisher defending the Big Five? Both happened when Authors Guild president Mary Rasenberger convened a panel with Hachette Book Group c.e.o. Michael Pietsch, Grove Atlantic president Morgan Entrekin, and New York lawyer Jonathan Lyons, to discuss the Guild’s Fair Contract Initiative. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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BEA 2014: Toasting Da Capo’s 50th

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BEA 2014: Man of Many Voices: Eric Bogosian

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BEA 2014: Feiffer’s Noir Classic Tribute

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BEA 2014: Alan Cumming: A Life Revealed

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BEA 2014: Why Tor Dumped DRM

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