unilateral contract change upon writers of media tie-in products carrying the Star Wars banner. The books are now sold (and I emphasize "sold," because the writer retains no rights at all) on a flat-fee basis. Bantam absolutely refuses to allow royalties, although the end return on a royalty basis for some books exceeds the flat fees offered by around 175%. Shortly after Mr. I. Applebaum's announcement of the unilateral change in terms, Del Rey--a unit of …showed first 75 words of 501 total…

…showed last 75 words of 501 total…famously non-interfering editorially. The incident over the Chris van Patten ms., which recently plagued HarperCollins, simply wouldn't happen here." I welcome comments on this topic, and will print selected letters in Editor Ink. Random House is trying out my site, Inkspot, as an advertising vehicle. Please support Inkspot by clicking on the banner ad at the top and check out "Jesse's Word Of The Day" (which IS an interesting page of info. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**