Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Fantasy author Doranna Durgan reports that they have not made her book "Dun Lady's Jess" available through "regular trade channels" for some time and have refused to revert the rights to the book to her as the contract calls for.
Reversion is one of the more important rights an author retains. It means that if the current publisher of a work cannot, or will not, sell the book the author can recover the rights and find someone who can and will (including, nowadays, the ability to self-publish). By refusing to revert the publisher is denying the author the ability to make money they otherwise would have.
Bad publisher. No cookie.
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