How do you avoid a bad situation....

Last week the story of Undead Press and their "editing" practice was released on the internet.  If you missed it the story is here.  Today Writer Beware has an excellent post on how to minimize you chances of something like this happening to you. (Caveat I don't have the contract, undead may have this language and ignored it.  Theses things are like locking the doors of your car, they might not prevent you from getting broken into but they should at least help lower the odds.)  As always reading and understanding your contract is at the heart of the matter.  I recommend yesterday's post and checking through their archives. Pub Rants has an excellent section on publishing contract 101.