Our deep discounts begin at 60 % I believe in our contracts and there are no traditional accounts sold at deep discounts which would lower the royalty rate for authors. (kriswrites.com)
However, another reason for low royalties is the continuing downward pricing pressure in the industry. (ask.aliannedonnelly.com)
There are, however, rather a lot of examples of physically impossible sales numbers being given to authors as justification for non-existent or ridiculously low royalty payments. (madgeniusclub.com)