Sentences with phrase «against author royalties»

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Authors have a lot to benefit on the financial front as well, what with the nearly 70 percent royalty that they earn against the 5 - 10 percent that traditional publishers generally offer.

In 2012 over 1,000 authors filed a class action lawsuit against Harlequin, alleging that they did not pay the authors the full amount of the agreed upon royalty for digital titles.

A recent lawsuit was filed against them stating that they misrepresents themselves, luring authors in with claims that its books can compete with «traditional publishers,» offering «greater speed, higher royalties, and more control for its authors.»

There are variations of this model, such as advance against royalties or royalty - only, but the principle remains the same: the money flows toward the author.

But the contract also has royalty periods where a short time after the end of a certain period of time the author should get an accounting from the publisher of the numbers of books sold against the advance in that period of time.

I don't understand why you're against us protecting author's royalties when I'm happy to spend the money to do this.

There the author is lucky to be able to figure out royalty statements for how many books sold and were held as reserves against return in a six - month period a year after publication.

Publishers also establish a level of changes which they will allow the author to make in the final stages of production, often 10 % or 15 % of the cost of preparing the proofs, above which the author will be charged against royalties.

We know how their royalties are stacking up against other Outskirts Press authors and, more importantly, against the self - publishing industry on average.

Most trade publishers have traditionally paid their authors «advances against royalties earned.»

Most traditional publishers will give the author an advance against royalties.

Both European and US authors working directly with Amazon can now access a royalty of 70 % of the cover price on their titles (as against c. 7 % working through a publisher) which increases the chance that authors may choose this route.

The amount of the advance against royalties is based on many factors: the size of the publisher, the historical performance of similar books in the marketplace; the author's track record and author platform or both; and the topicality of the book.

What publishers and authors typically refer to as a «book advance» is an «advance against royalties.»

For the other 99.9 % of traditionally - published authors, advances are no more than a loan made against their own future royalties.

The payments these few megabestseller authors are receiving aren't really «advances against royalties» in the true sense at all.

The publisher pays for editing, cover art, and also (usually) pays the author an advance against royalties with royalties paid out to the author through the sale of the book to the general public.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Simon & Schuster because S&S is reporting those purchases as «sales», which mean a lower royalty rate for authors, instead of as «licenses».

I track my own sales as listed by Amazon Author Central (which gets its data from Bookscan) against my actual sales as listed on my royalty statements, and I find Bookscan is so far off as to be completely useless.

In addition to the specific terms the author and publisher have agreed upon for things like the type of book, the advance against royalty amount and the delivery date, the standard book contract encompasses a lengthy number of clauses covering important points in a book's life cycle and an author's livelihood.

Some authors don't know it, but Amazon charges delivery charges against your royalty based on the file size of your eBook.

Understanding the basics of royalties and advances (that is, advance payments against eventual royalties) is critical for any author.

Note: Authors receive an advance against royalties; as books sell, authors earn a percentage of sales for each copy sold (a royalty), which is applied against the advance they reAuthors receive an advance against royalties; as books sell, authors earn a percentage of sales for each copy sold (a royalty), which is applied against the advance they reauthors earn a percentage of sales for each copy sold (a royalty), which is applied against the advance they received.

Once the book is acquired, the author is often paid an advance against royalties to be earned once the book is published.

Well, royalties are charged against advances, and if the book doesn't «earn out» its advance (and most do not), then the author doesn't get another dime of royalty income.

There's also the fact that many houses offer indie authors an advance against royalties, which — even if an indie author is making more money by selling their book on their own — provides a certain level of long - term security.

The trustee was largely spared the arduous task of determining the royalties and share of profits due to each author, as the publications in question were largely provided by the authors gratuitously or against one - time payments that had previously been paid by the bankrupt in consideration of the right to publish the author's work.