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Even the part about going out-of-print

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Alison Acheson
Aug 16, 2024
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— the mark of a “remaindered” book

Dear Patient Unschoolers!

It’s a just-right warm summer day nearing the end of the week, a week in which I’ve had some flu-like thing that’s compelled me to spend far too many hours horizontal. Usually, such a bug would mean thermoses of coffee, and sitting in bed, and—often—a surprising amount of work accomplished! But not this week. This week I’ve had a brain that has the flu-to-match—like a bad accessory.

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I say “patient” as I continue to pick away at the writing & promotion piece… and wonder why is this piece so difficult to pull together?

In the meantime, I’ll share one I wrote some time ago, and welcome comments about your experience with contract issues/questions.

Note that two of my now out-of-print books—OOP—I’ve republished via Draft2Digital at the recommendation of Arthur Slade. Have I shared that process with you? With this flu-brain, I don’t recall.

Let’s begin with looking at contracts and the word “pulped”… as in, nasty things that can happen.

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