Why Novelist Carrie Vaughn Left Her Publisher

Earlier this week, novelist Carrie Vaughn (the author who published seven novels in the Kitty Norville Series with Grand Central) wrote a thoughtful essay about why she chose not to extend her publishing contract Grand Central.

According to the essay, Vaughn didn’t leave Grand Central over money or exposure. She was frustrated with her contract’s non-competition clause. Read the rest of the essay and weigh in–should more authors be reconsidering their contracts?

UPDATE: In addition, Vaughn has joined Tor Books. Read the publisher’s welcome post here.

Here’s an excerpt: “I have two stand-alone contemporary fantasy novels I wrote when I was waiting to see if the Kitty series would sell, and I’ve been trying to get those out there. Grand Central rejected them. I really wanted to sell them elsewhere. Grand Central really didn’t want me doing anything under my own name but the Kitty novels. I really wanted to do them under my own name. So, it was an issue of control. I wanted to be able to diversify my career, publish other novels, expand my audience, and so forth. My agent and I offered compromises, which Grand Central did not accept.”

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