What Authors Can and Can't Control

Cherie Priest offers an excellent essay, explaining what authors do and don't have a say over.

We do control: our words, how we communicate in person and online.

We sometimes have a say in: who gets review copies, how visible we are (i.e., convention appearances).

We have no power whatsoever over: cover art, cost, format, scheduling, distribution, foreign editions or whether the book gets made into a movie. (Although it has been known for an author to demand that her name be taken off a movie that was made from her book.)