It's the only kind thing to do. Also, that kind ofpromotion would probably help sales.




Proceed.







It's not just about spotting the many typos. I also need to make sure the pacing is right, the dialogue isn't too trite, and all the other bits that I hardly ever bother with when I'm posting a Parodyverse story. The last draft tends to bulk up by up to 5% when I do it. Some things get cut out, "missing bits" get put in.







The case for it is that launching a brand character should garner the successful agent an ongoing reward. For example, if J.K. Rowling had switched agents after Potter vol 1 then the agent who had managed to place that first book and "establish the franchise" would not benefit from the juggernaut he or she had helped set in motion thereafter. Under the new contracts, he'd have got a slice of all the other books' income, plus movies, merchandising etc.

The case against this is that there's a distinction between a recognised creative process with intellectual and legal ownership of the product and an administrative function that expects an ongoing stake in subsequent re-use of concepts that utilised that administration. It's the equivalent of Madonna's first chauffeur wanting a cut of all her albums thereafter. He might have been a brilliant driver in 1982 but...

At least that's my take on it. Poster-JJJ and other legal types might have a different and better understanding of it.




I need some external help to take this stuff forward, that's for sure, but who and how I don't know.