In the absence of any further suggestions from agent or publisher, I decided to contact the Society of Authors. I had a very nice reply from one of their lawyers, saying it was a highly unusual case and she'd never heard of anything like it. She has asked for a copy of the contract and correspondence between myself and the publisher, but the trouble is the only emails I kept were those containing editing instructions. I didn't think to keep the ones that asked me to make the sex more graphic. If I had, I may have had a good case for... for what? I've had two-thirds of the money and can't expect to get the third I was to receive on publication..
I suppose all I can push for now is to get the rights back so I can publish the damned thing myself. Or to ask to be paid a further advance in order to rewrite what will in effect be a very different book, with all the smutty jokes and talk and raunchy references taken out, as well as the sex scenes themselves. Any views, anyone?
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Well, I wish you'd kept the e-mails but, even if you had, you couldn't force the publisher to publish your books, though I'm sure you'd have a good case for breach of contract or something and getting the final third of you money.
However, I think it might pay you to self publish, as long as you publicise it properly, and to publish the version you like best. I seem to remember you saying you liked the original version best. Publish the version that you feel most pleased with as a writer. Hope that helps!
P.S. I've left you a message on my blog in the comments about how to type a € sign when you don't have one on your keyboard. xx
Depending on your email account, you can sometimes find old deleted emails on the online version. Might be worth taking a look x
That's what my first thought was. Check the trash, see if they're there. If you didn't empty it, they may very well be.
I also second Jacula.
I'm glad you got an external opinion that this in fact, was a rare case (does it justify your stress a bit?).
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