Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>I have finally understood what it is about traditional publishing that so disgusts (a strong word, but accurate) me:</p><p>Traditional publishing contracts are presented as group projects in which the author is expected to do all the work, and produce all the results, for everyone else to benefit from.</p><p>(I always hated group projects, because any given group houses at least one lazy bastard who does nothing with little-to-no consequence. In publishing, being a lazy, parasitical bastard seems to be the rule rather than the exception.)</p><p>If I do all the work, I reap all the benefits (such as they are).</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishing</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GroupProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroupProjects</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
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Paul Hudson<p>You and who…? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GroupProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroupProjects</span></a></p>
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