Shown the red card?

The article examines the steps an author can take if a publisher fails to publish a book. Some of the reasons why a book may not get published include the sale or merger of a publishing houses, financial constraints which limit publications to sure-fire bestsellers, or the editor who was in favor of...

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Published in:Author Vol. 119; no. 2; pp. 53 - 56
Main Author: Solomon, Nicola
Format: Article
Published: Society of Authors Summer2008
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