Come, Watson, come! Into your clothes and come!

A setback for authors who want to reclaim their e-book rights from publishers; Peter reveals one of his negotiating techniques; and someone in South Carolina has the world’s most highly-tuned Gaydar! Presented from Florida by leading lawyer Donna Ballman and from London by literary agent Peter Cox.

We’re talking advances again, and following the cautionary tale of a pair of writers who went from self-made #1 success... to “traditional” publishing failure... and now, hopefully, back to the self-publishing world again where the advances aren’t stellar, but at least you are your own boss. Follow along, it’s well worth studying.

One of the nice things about our listeners is that they share their views and experiences with us. So it is that, after we last covered the lawsuit brought by “To Kill a Mockingbird” legend Harper Lee against a museum in her south Alabama hometown, both Donna and Peter have changed their views on the case. Thank you, Debriefists!

We’re back! With more stories, more opinion and even more insight into that murky confluence that lies somewhere between the edge of publishing and the beginning of matters legal.