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The article states: «In all cases above, the books sold on Amazon would not qualify as sales for the purposes of author royalties because they've already been sold, or originally existed as promotional copies.»

In all cases above, the books sold on Amazon would not qualify as sales for the purposes of author royalties because they've already been sold, or originally existed as promotional copies.

In all cases above, the books sold on Amazon would not qualify as sales for the purposes of author royalties because they've already been

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I thought I had to do because I wanted a separate Amazon author page for my pen name, but was confused because I wanted the royalty money to go into my original account.

But perhaps the best reason is because authors publishing under «higher» packages earn higher royalties and their book copy prices are less expensive.

I would estimate that the average annual income for self - published authors is slightly lower now and, having seen a number of authors quit over the last couple of years in order to get full time jobs because of financial problems, it hasn't gotten any easier to make ends meet on just book royalties.

The author's royalty is not a particularly high percentage of the sale because the publisher is putting up all the money and taking most of the risks so they rightfully expect to make the lion's share of the profits.

If we were running net, we'd deduct that from his royalties, and that's not the way, I don't think that's fair to the author, to start deducting monies, because then they have to look into your books to see are you treating them fairly.

Authors should be getting larger royalty percentages on e-books because of lower distribution costs, so the publisher doesn't need to take as large a cut to cover their costs.

Numerous Traditional Authors have left traditional houses because they get tired of being jerked around and only getting a small cut of their royalties while indies either get ALL their royalties if they self publish, or a far larger portion of their royalties if they publish through an indie house.

Spider Robinson, an incredible sci fi author, published by a major label and with more than two dozen good selling books under his belt, is flat broke because royalties do not pay much.

There are hundreds of traditionally published authors (authors with the Big Five and other well - established, respected and recognized publishing houses) who can not quit their day jobs because 1) their advances were too meager and 2) their royalties too low and 3) non-compete clauses prevents them from «traditionally publishing» any other work.

Most indies were sticking to $ 2.99 and up because Amazon made $ 2.99 - $.9.99 the point at which authors could earn the highest royalty percentage.

Because co-publishing is an arrangement of shared risk, the publishing partner should be able to clearly explain the balance between the author's contribution and their own — and how this affects the royalty split.

And that is the question of royalties because the publishers not only are saying well, we have the right to the book; they're also saying, we have the right to say how much royalty we will give an author.

Personally, I think the higher royalties is better because they will make more in the long run if the book sells well, but sometimes, authors» financial needs make it important to have a big advance up front.

Beyond that, authors tell me they prefer self - publishing because they keep all of their royalties (with Hillcrest anyway.)

In short: All Romance Ebooks is closing, and there has been a firestorm of bad reaction about this, because of their attempt to offer impacted authors ten cents on the dollar for outstanding royalties owed.

It's always a gamble, and many trade authors never see any ongoing royalties because their books never sell enough copies to pay back the advance.

I think it was Mark Lawrence who said recently that authors that go through a publishing house looked at the advance as the thing, and that advances usually ran around $ 10,000 or thereabouts, because most books published sell around 500 copies or so, and so you can't depend on getting any royalties over the advance.

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Co-publishing deals typically pay higher royalties because the author is investing in the development of the book by paying creative development and other pre-publication fees.

The 2.99 -3.99 «sweet point» is popular not so much because readers buy more at that price than because more and more authors list at that price in order to get the 70 % «royalty» from Amazon.

Indeed, if the title is released by a publisher, you'll actually be getting MORE than the author in royalties, because the publisher will retain their portion from the author's earnings.

For example, the ebook royalty rate isn't negotiable for now because every single author with a decent agent has a clause that says as soon as another author at the same house receives a higher rate, they'll get the higher rate, too.

It's no less true for an author: selling a book to someone ill - suited to your writing (or even «meh» about it) is great for that 64 cents (the royalty a paperback pays), but not so wonderful, as the reader who feels was ripped off is going to take it out on your reputation (because most readers have no idea how little of that cover price goes to the author.

For authors, it's because pricing is often tied to royalty rates.

What this means is that even though the author and narrator may split audiobook royalties 50/50, the author gets a better return for advertising than the narrator ever could; because some people who are sold by an audiobook ad will buy the print or ebook instead.

Because after all the layers and players of the traditional publishing process get paid — editors, printers, warehouses, distributors, etc. — there is usually little left over to pay author royalties.

Offering the author the chance to «publish through your company» doesn't get the author anything, and, in fact, would cost the author more because you presumably would take a commission from the royalties.

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One company claims its high pricing is author - friendly because it increases potential royalties.

It was illegal for sighted persons to listen to LP audiobooks from 1934 until 1948, because publishers and authors» unions controlling royalties and rights did not want them made available for public sale.

Because traditional publishers are often foolish in how they handle ebooks — insisting on seeing them as contenders for paper sales rather than a different market entirely and generally overpricing them, in addition to generally giving the authors a pittance of a royalty on them.

Because of small presses paying higher royalties, there are some big authors who are switching to self publishing because simple; they already have a huge fanbase who would buy anything theyBecause of small presses paying higher royalties, there are some big authors who are switching to self publishing because simple; they already have a huge fanbase who would buy anything theybecause simple; they already have a huge fanbase who would buy anything they write.

Despite, or perhaps because of, computer technology, royalty statements have become either woefully threadbare, where the publisher lumps all sales together and the author is forced to «trust» the numbers, or so detailed that a CPA specializing in royalty statements is needed to decipher them.

While the author is still hiring these professionals for various aspects of book publishing — such as editing, marketing, or cover design, to name a few — the cost to hire these professionals is smaller because they will later earn a portion of the royalties.

Because 80 cents for a book is really great for an author's bottom line versus the royalty percentage of the sale of the book?

You'll see many traditional authors embrace indie publishing, because they realize they can undercut the publishers, make a 70 % royalty instead of 10 % or less, and own all rights to their work.

But that is what indy authors can offer: More risk, explore unchartered territory, and sell books cheaper because they aren't sharing royalties with a publishing house that needs to make a profit.

«Unpaid royalties of approximately $ 7,300 because the publisher sold nearly 6,500 copies of a $ 17.99 hardcover edition at «high discount,» even though Agent Kristin had ensured that the author's contract limited the number of copies the publisher was allowed to sell at high discount.»

The reason they won't offer over 25 % is because some authors have royalty - matching clauses.

In the vast majority of cases, Hachette authors would not be entitled to even that $ 1.75, because those royalties would be applied to paying back their initial book advances.

You're not the first author I've heard about who found errors in royalty statements and the agent Kristin Nelson has spoken often in the past about how she reviews all the statements that come into her office and finds a surprising number of errors (and suggests there are likely many authors out there who are losing money because they're not taking a close enough look at their statements).

It IS the publisher's fault / responsibility ultimately because they want these inflated prices (which don't translate into additional royalties for authors) on a product that has SHITTY FORMATTING (and I now know for sure that it does NOT take a rocket scientist to format and ebook well).

In other words: if, because of a publisher's underpayment of royalties, an author is only fully paid through (example) March 2013, receiving royalty checks in Jan - Sep 2014 does not mean those checks were for the periods Jan - Sep 2014 even if the accompanying royalty statement claims that is the case.

That is a win - win for me as an author because it means I have found a new fan, I have received royalties from the KU program and then from the sale.

Now, you can do worse than your publisher and still make more money — that's the simple truth in the 25 % of net royalty math — but I think few authors contemplate giving up print distribution and taking on extra responsibilities because they're fine with losing digital market share.

The way I got into self - publishing myself was through the cooperation with self - published British author and blogger Joanna Penn on a split - royalty basis, because I knew I could learn a lot about the process by doing this and here is a link to an interview she did with me regarding my work.

Data shows that authors who sell their ebooks at a $ 2.99 price point can actually end up earning more in royalties than authors whose books are priced at $ 6.99 or higher because they move more product.