The SoA Advisory Clinic: Should I Pay? Publishing deals, self-publishing options and the blurry in-between

Join SoA Contracts Advisors Theo Jones and Johanna Clarke as they uncover the world of hybrid publishing and talk through the pros and cons of the various types of publishing deals available to writers.

Have you been asked to pay someone to publish your work? The Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s 2022 report exposed widespread bad practice among companies that charge writers for publication, so what’s so bad about them?

Join SoA Contracts Advisors Theo Jones and Johanna Clarke as they uncover the world of hybrid publishing and talk through the pros and cons of the various types of publishing deals available to writers. There is no absolute right or wrong way to publish a book, but authors should always think carefully before they sign on that dotted line…

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