Look out for contradictions within a publishing contract

Internal contradictions in a contract are a bad sign, for a number of reasons.

It could forewarn of shenanigans, predict legal ambiguity for you — or signal a lack of legal understanding.

But the "what" behind contradictions is far less important than knowing how to catch them.

Victoria Strauss uses a number of real-life examples of contradictions in publishing contracts to help train your eye, in a new post at Writer Beware.

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