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Re: One for the books

Also, next time, work into your contract the discount rate at which you can buy books from the publisher. And if those books are considered "sold" for royalty purposes.

jems
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, speaker, photographer
Director, Region III Garden Writers Association
Phone: 317.251.3261
Fax: 317.251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@earthlink.net



Melanie, the daylily hybrids that you selected in your chapter of "The
Daylily" should not have been changed without consulting you. I am assuming
that you are listed as the author of the chapter, while the main authors
served as editors and forwarded the completed text to the publisher. There
is supposed to be give and take between a writer and an editor. The author
normally has a chance to check over his or her contribution after it has
been edited and before it goes into print. Next time, Melanie, make sure
that this point is covered in your contract. And this time, you have a right
to complain to the editors and the publisher, unless you were not given any
author status at all in this volume. That would be another horror story in
itself.

Despite this unpleasantness, take a deep breath and enjoy your contribution
as coauthor of a significant book.

With best wishes,
Betty

Betty Mackey, Publisher
B. B. Mackey Books
P. O. Box 475
Wayne, PA 19087
bbmackey@prodigy.net
www.mackeybooks.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie" <melaniev@optonline.net>


 Friday I received my complementary copy of  "The Daylily - A Guide for
 Gardeners". I was quite happy with my photos but not so thrilled with my
 chapter in the book. The "authors" had decided to change the names of some
 of the daylilies I had recommended. They inserted their own hybrids,
 daylilies that I've never grown or even seen. I'm not too thrilled to be
 recommending something I don't grow.


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