Head nod to Georgeanna Hancock over at A Writer’s Edge: The US Copyright office is lowering copyright fees (from $45 to $35) but raising fees for “collections” such as songs and poems.
The work known as Butch Girls Can Fix Anything holds a copyright. This copyright was bought by my publisher and I hold the copyright. It is common practice among publishers to pay for the copyright. If your potential publisher doesn’t, you must ask yourself: “Why not? If they can’t afford the $45 (now $35), what else can’t they afford? Do I want a publisher who can’t/won’t do this?”