Those of you who bother reading book contracts probably have noticed that most Presses have in their standard contracts a clause which gives them the right to publish your next book if they want to. This sometimes get written as an agreement to the effect that the Press gets to look at your next project first, and you can approach another publisher only if they're not interested in it. I typically pay no attention to book contracts beyond the brass-tacks stuff (royalty, payment schedule, marketing), so don't bother worrying about this stuff. But the "first refusal" clause seems so one-sided (to the advantage of the Press) that I wonder whether there's any reason why an author should not push for its removal.noreply@blogger.com (Spiros)
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