Agent Kristin had a post recently about something that I CANNOT BELIEVE. Apparently, one of the publishing houses has reverted back to PAPER CONTRACTS because some agent unlocked a PDF (there's technology for this) and MADE CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT without the publishing house's permission. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? As an attorney who deals regularly with contracts I can tell you that, if someone did this to me, I would fly off the handle so quickly that I would break the sound barrier. I have made lawyers cry before, and I am NOT AFRAID to do it again. ~~~ * Allow me to apologize for the overuse of the capital letter in this post, but I just can't help myself. This kind of thing makes me very angry. This is, simply put, unethical behavior. When you do a deal, you negotiate the terms and then you put the terms into a contract. You DO NOT attempt to sneak terms into the deal that you were unable to get in the negotiation. If you lost a point in negotiation, or gave it up
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