Not exact matches
I'm guessing that this is going to make not one iota of difference in the way Samhain pays the
authors that it promotes to Samhain Gold; Samhain then gets to send editors to conference (comped)(provided that they take pitches only for the Samhain Gold line), and we have a very simple test for allowing e-publishers: If you believe you can guarantee decent
royalties for a good number of
authors (
although not for all of them), you're in.
Not necessarily to give in to whatever Amazon are asking [1](
although Howey does specifically ask Pietsch to accept Amazon's offer of a fund to pay
authors and
royalties lost as a result of Amazon's actions), but to step up and compromise, somehow.
I feel right now I've found a happy medium with higher
royalties than the big six
authors, but some of the benefits they have (
although not all)-- I signed with a big independent publisher, however I wouldn't rule out either of the other two options in future.
*
Although we say «
royalties» for the sake of simplicity, payments to
authors in the eyes of the IRS are «other income.»
The lawsuit alleges that Harlequin did not pay the
authors the full amount of the agreed upon
royalty for digital titles,
although Harlequin's practice may actually leave that up to interpretation.
Firstly,
although you mention the lower eBook pricing, you failed to discuss the higher
royalty rates which more than make up for the price reduction (on the
author's side).
And,
although budgets vary, yes, even established midsize publishers are not above trying to shove as much of the illustration cost as they can onto the
author, or telling the
author to find a coauthor to do the illos and share the
royalties with him or her.
Although Amazon calls its payment to
authors a
royalty, they do not in fact perform the functions of a publisher in that they do no editing or design or other functions that a publisher undertakes.
Although the number of subscribers remains questionable, Smashwords has reached an exclusive deal with Oyster to pay 60 %
royalties to
authors after the subscribers read more than 10 % of the eBook.
Although sales of print books are less profitable than ebook sales,
authors receive a much higher
royalty rate from print (which may explain some of their pique at Amazon's tactics), and print bookstores are an effective means of helping readers discover new books.
The deal for 100 %
royalties (I presume this is 100 % net
royalties after Amazon, etc have their share,
although it doesn't say) is aimed at bringing in self - publishers who will then pay for the
author services offered by T&T.