Maybe author's these days have a living trust, estate contract. Companies' like Del Rey and Tor, are for this move so they can protect their author's works. And a stable caste of authors and protected works means their bottom line is protected.

As for Card, Rachel Edidin an author, friend and mentored student of him, and his work in literature, had the following to say about him: I find him as a human being to be a not very nice man. As for his characters, he is good at creating a character you can care about. But he may have spoiled Bobbin Threadbare, in much the way he ruined or complicated the character of his most celebrated character, Andrew 'Ender' Wiggins. Compare "ender's game", Andrew to the one in "xencide". Loom 2 may be better off as a beloved game that this site can be proud to have in it's roles of distribution.

So, I would say Mr. Card, seems a bit unbalanced, he called Obama the next Adolf Hitler. There was an article on Orson and, his May blog calling for a "civilian army" to over throw the government. The craziness is still being reported as of just 5 days ago, from this post. (current date August 20, 2015)