Yikes.

[magedragonfire]

Hey, you arteesty people on my friendslist; dunno whether you've seen this or not, but it's worth getting it out there:

Worst contract ever.

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[theguindo]

Wow. I just. Wow.

Note to self, never consider anything for Tokyopop!

[minitsu.livejournal.com]

... lol wording

[chriseh.livejournal.com]

I'm..wow..I.

yyeeeah, I think I'll stay a lonely freelance artmonkey, thank you very much. *raises vodka to that*

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

Someone does say in the comments section that most publishers are about as bad; they just hide it away in legalese.

They generally don't, however, make you sign away your 'moral rights'. (That's French, after all, and you don't need none of that!) XD

I think the key is to get a good agent who knows how to interpret the bullshit, if you're wanting to get published.

[chriseh.livejournal.com]

About a year ago, I wanted to get published, I had my little plot and whatnot. So I checked around and indeed, you don't get much. I found a lot of "you might get paid if your stuff sells but it has to sell A LOT".

But the moral rights thing was new. And I found it funny the way they worded it XD The whole French-so-you-don't-need-it thing *giggles* It was funny in a "are you fucking shitting me?" kinda way :P