So, there is a big time publishing house that is putting "behavior" clauses into the contracts of their authors of juvenile books. If you behave in a certain way, blah blah blah. Actually, here is the actual text, picked up from another book blog:
"If you act or behave in a way which damages your reputation as a person suitable to work with or be associated with children, and consequently the market for or value of the work is seriously diminished, and we may (at our option) take any of the following actions: Delay publication / Renegotiate advance / Terminate the agreement."
Come on, now. I would ask: what will they think of next, but I'm afraid to know.
In other Brit book news, there was this story about Random House changing "twat" to "twit" in a children's book.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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