Re: Rebus on BBCA

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While Annie C Pondered, Weak and Weary,
Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, and then wrote:
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>except to note once those rights are
>sold, the author has no input intowhat's done with the story or characters.


One would think that the author of approximately 10% of all the books
sold in the UK would have the clout to retain *some* artistic control
over the finished product.

I haven't seen the production, (nor read the book - yet) so I can't
comment on that, but if you're "big" enough, I would think that you
wouldn't need to sell all rights to your work. It's only a contract.

Yea, yea, and I know, no-one would buy it if there were strings
attached, but somehow, in Rankin's case, he could negotiate the point.

John P
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