S&S Replies Further to Guild Simon & Schuster is sending a letter to agents and authors that asserts the “Authors Guild has recently perpetrated serious misinformation” about changes in their contract language and criticizes the Guild for not “having undertaken any effort to have a dialogue.” They say that “contrary to the Authors Guild assertion, using technologies like print on demand is not about ‘squirreling away’ rights, nor does it mean that ‘no copies are available to be ordered by traditional bookstores.’ Print on demand is simply a means of manufacturing a book, making it widely available to retailers and […]