A book is said to have «earned out» its advance when
the author royalties from its sales surpass the advance that the publisher paid the author.
Traditional publishing has the publisher footing the bill and then pays
the author royalties from sales of the end product.
Lord Ashcroft is donating all
the author royalties from the sale of Special Forces Heroes to the charity Help for Heroes which provides support for the servicemen and women wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, most e-publishers are pretty hush - hush about the amount of money their
authors receive in
royalties, but it's safe to say that it's probably more than mainline publishers offer, but not as much as you'd get
from publishing your book yourself.
Many others are well - selling
authors who make a lavish living
from passive income
from advances,
royalties, seminars, and product sales — which all started and then snowballed —
from the sale of their book (which of course started with writing a book proposal).
It was for this reason that Lord Ashcroft decided to donate all his
author's
royalties from his latest book, Heroes of the Skies, published in September 2012, to the RAF Benevolent Fund, which is the custodian of the new memorial.
From their examination of the historical record, the
authors argue that the extant lion and cheetah populations of India are not native but the results of animals imported by
royalty for sport.
The
author is entitled to a share of sales
royalty received by the University
from sales of this factor.
We will pay a small ($ 100 - $ 500) advance on
royalties for each manuscript accepted for publication
from an established
author.
Carole covers all of the
author contract management and negotiations, and instructs
authors from the query and proposal stage to advance and
royalty negotiations and electronic and global rights.
Authors who enter the KDP Select Program agree to give Amazon 90 days exclusivity and in turn Amazon has created a monthly fund that pays authors a royalty for every book borrowed from the Kindle Lending L
Authors who enter the KDP Select Program agree to give Amazon 90 days exclusivity and in turn Amazon has created a monthly fund that pays
authors a royalty for every book borrowed from the Kindle Lending L
authors a
royalty for every book borrowed
from the Kindle Lending Library.
Again, the money paid is NOT
from the
author royalties.
Now, if print publishers would just match the
royalties that
authors get
from electronic copies — 70 per cent vs. 8 per cent — I bet you'd see the decline of e-books faster than a speeding bullet.
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For example, if total borrows of all participating KDP Select books are 100,000 in a month funded at $ 500,000 and an
author's book was borrowed 1,500 times, they will earn $ 7,500 in additional
royalties from KDP Select in that month.
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.
Major publishing houses were reneging on deals with already signed
authors; changing
royalty payments
from a percentage of the retail price to «net» of what was received.
Yes the
royalties are higher than one would expect to earn
from a traditional publisher but it hardly offsets the amount of money spent by the
author getting their book to press through one of these publishers.
Books
from authors and publishers who choose the 70 percent
royalty option will have access to all the same features and be subject to all the same requirements as books receiving the standard
royalty rate.
Less than 1 % of published
authors actually make a living wage
from their
royalties — and for every Dan Brown (not an extremely gifted writer by the way!)
A standard deep discount clause looks something like this: «On copies of the Work sold by the Publisher at a discount of greater than 55 %
from the publisher's retail price through channels outside of ordinary retail trade channels, the
author will be paid a
royalty of 15 % of the Publisher's net proceeds.»
But in the case of
royalties from the Swiss branch, apparently the
authors feel they have not received the full amount due to them.
The publisher makes its agreed upon
royalty — which it goes on to divide with the
author according to their contract — and the consumer stands to benefit
from an all - out price war among the retailers.
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.
Consideration of having publishers and
authors get
royalties from resales.
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.
UP pays
royalties of at least $ 1.50
from retail book sales, and
authors earn substantially more when they accept orders directly
from the public at live events, their own Web sites, etc..
In 2006, the only company that paid
authors 100 percent of the net
royalties from book sales was us.
While it's true that not every successful
author (indie or otherwise) falls back on a mailing list for promotion, it's a tool that has helped numerous
authors go
from obscurity to making a living with book
royalties.
Traditional publishing takes away any initial financial input
from the
author, but typically has a very low
author royalty percentage.
One of the effects of that provision is the
author has given up the right to enjoin Author Solutions from selling his or her book and must accept royalty payments
author has given up the right to enjoin
Author Solutions from selling his or her book and must accept royalty payments
Author Solutions
from selling his or her book and must accept
royalty payments alone.
In that discussion, I was surprised to learn that one of the biggest issues book publishers deal with every day is
royalty inquiries
from authors.
Keynote speaker and Wall Street Journal Bestselling
author Pat Flynn will reveal what all
authors should know about generating an income
from their work, beyond the advances and
royalties.
Perhaps even more important, our
authors will continue to be paid
royalties on their book sales during the time of their notice to us, and the time the slowest retailer takes to remove their book
from their catalog.
HarperCollins is excited to reach an innovative partnership with Scribd that monetizes its audience through traditional retail and a subscription offer for our backlist titles,» «HarperCollins
authors will benefit
from extended reach, increased discovery, and improved
royalty streams.»
The actual
royalty percentages and break points vary
from publisher to publisher and are often subject to negotiation with the
author.
And the Economist compared e-book subscription services to Spotify, the music streaming service, but noted that, unlike musicians (who can supplement the infinitesimal
royalties they earn via streaming with fees
from live performances), «
authors have a book to sell and little else.»
It drives me nuts to hear indie
authors talk about their 70 % «
royalty»
from Amazon.
Authors maintain complete freedom to add or remove their books to D2D at will, keeping all their rights, and any
royalties due
from sales.
The PubSoft system can integrate data
from Amazon and other channels to help you calculate
royalties and keep track of digital
royalties owed to each
author.
An open - ended clause that would allow the publisher to spend profligately on producing a new edition and debit the amount
from the
author's
royalties should be avoided if at all possible.
The
author should still have received a
royalty from CS directly, not Book Depository, they are merely the «distributor».
In a letter sent to
authors enrolled in the KDP Select e-book publishing program, Amazon said, «Beginning July 1, 2015, we'll switch
from paying Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners» Lending Library (KOLL)
royalties based on qualified borrows, to paying based on the number of pages read.»
Why would they give up all their ebook revenue during negotiations when people might be buying the Hachette books
from other online retailers now and the
authors are getting their
royalties from those sales?
In the U.K., the Guardian said Amazon's action would soon bring «howls of protest
from publishers and
authors on how streaming produces infinitesimal
royalties.»
Section 3.1 The Publisher agrees to pay the
Author royalties as follows: A. Royalties due and owing shall be determined on the Net based on the Publisher's paid invoices for the Work, less printing, return fees, and a reasonable reserve for returns from a
royalties as follows: A.
Royalties due and owing shall be determined on the Net based on the Publisher's paid invoices for the Work, less printing, return fees, and a reasonable reserve for returns from a
Royalties due and owing shall be determined on the Net based on the Publisher's paid invoices for the Work, less printing, return fees, and a reasonable reserve for returns
from all sales.
For example, audiobook narrators and
authors at Amazon's ACX platform can work without initial payments passing hands and, instead, share in
royalties from sales.
The top ten KDP Select
authors earned over $ 70,000 in the month of December
from their participation in the Kindle Owners» Lending Library, a 30 % increase on top of the
royalties they earned
from their paid sales on the same titles in the same period.
Outskirts Press allows
authors to keep 100 % of the
royalties from the sale of their books.
As well, they don't realize that most
authors, even those who are traditionally published, usually don't become wealthy
from book sales and
royalties.