Sentences with phrase «mandatory author sales»

Mandatory author sales generate all the profit the publisher needs.

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A few publishers offer unsuspecting authors a «traditional publishing deal» — where the publisher pays publishing costs and industry - standard royalties on sales — paired with a «mandatory marketing and author training contract» that requires the author to pay the publisher (or an affiliated marketing agency) thousands of dollars for marketing and «author training» services.

In this contract, an unsuspecting author is offered a «traditional publishing deal» — meaning the publisher pays the publishing costs and offers industry - standard royalties on sales — but the contract contains a «mandatory marketing agreement» (or addendum) that requires the author to pay the publisher (or an affiliated marketing company) thousands of dollars to market and advertise the author's book.