Comments on: Author makes tough decision, retains integrity http://cvillewords.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/ Reading and writing in the heart of Virginia Thu, 17 May 2012 12:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Looking for homeschooling books? « Charlottesville Words http://cvillewords.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-383 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:58:39 +0000 http://cvillewords.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-383 [...] Author makes tough decision, retains integrity [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cvillewords.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-267 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:40:16 +0000 http://cvillewords.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-267 You’re right–I looked at the copyright page of one of her books, and the holder is HarperCollins.

]]> By: Kempis http://cvillewords.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-266 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:42:42 +0000 http://cvillewords.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-266 I’m not too familiar with this series, but if the characters are derived from “the little house on the prarie” series then the author is not the rights holder. In this instance the concept for the stories probably came from the publisher- who then hired the author to create the series of books.

It’s like those novelizations of popular tv shows where there was no novel to begin with (Sliders, Star Trek, etc). There the rightsholders are the production company funding the show (in this instance the publisher), and the writer is just a freelance employee.

I personally think it’s the Entertainment Industry’s influence on publishing that is responsible for that trend (derivative novels from another novelists original material). It’s more like how Producers and Screenwriters work (which stinks because it devalues the writers contribution to the process- even when they are the creators of the original material).

]]> By: Elizabeth http://cvillewords.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-265 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:52:47 +0000 http://cvillewords.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-265 It must be. My guess is that publishers own a lot more of the rights on children’s series, but I don’t know for sure.

]]> By: Catherine http://cvillewords.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-263 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:22:56 +0000 http://cvillewords.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/author-makes-tough-decision-retains-integrity/#comment-263 How can a publisher abridge without the copyright holder’s permission? Is it a contract thing?

I’ve never read these, though I read all of the LIW Little House books, and they wouldn’t have been the same without Garth Williams’s illustrations.

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