Ugh, it hurts... all that lost profits...
I know you love books more than yourself, but dang. You could have at least gotten a contract that isn't letting go of your friend's potential product.
Shampoo is literally a cheat in making it into the cosmetics world, an extremely profitable venture in any human society that has women and nobles in it.
Unless she asks for a whole paper factory and resources to research the best way to make top tier paper, this deal will always be a loss.
This is why contracts should be detailed and in the presence of a trusted expert. The contract has so many holes it's now a sieve.
But alas girl was a book addict that loses critical thinking at the most opportune moment when it comes to her books.
I guess she just has to make better shampoo in the future... but I don't think she even wants to.
Product gone.
Rights gone.
Profits gone.
My braincells gone.
Author how could you make her do this...