taken the risk of publishing the
book in the first place, had no
rights in the paperback – or indeed
in any other edition: I resented
Macdonald’s and the terms they
had insisted on for the paperback,
although at the time they were, I
believe, quite usual. To me that
didn’t make them any less
scandalous. They would get 50% of
the royalties, I was to be content
with the remaining 50%. So
matters remain to this day. That
company, which had not had the
slightest part in the initial
publication of the book – and has
never raised a finger to promote it,
ff
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