Not exact matches
«He made a million
dollars to write that
book, so I think we have every right to see that
contract.»
Today, the company has a multibillion -
dollar long - term order
book with customers around the world, a diverse base of nuclear fuel supply
contracts stretching to 2026 and beyond, world - class technical capabilities, and a strong market opportunity as the global nuclear industry continues to grow.
I would be willing to bet my bottom
dollar that 99.9999 % (I might be missing a few nines) of all indie authors would love to have the problem of decreased sales due to this legal battle because that would mean they have a BIG 5
contract and are selling a lot of
books.
And you might end up with a bad
book contract (one that could cost you hundreds of thousands of
dollars — or more — and prevent you from selling future
books to other publishers).
Grassroots marketing makes it possible for your
book to achieve equal to or better results than if you waited the five years to hear from a publisher, got a
contract, and collected royalties after hoping our publisher invests
dollars in marketing it.
Kobo thought they had another in when Google pulled out of supplying indie bookstores with digital content and Kobo picked up the
contract, but bookstores weren't particularly keen on cannibalizing their own
book sales to earn a few
dollars for each unit sold, and a feeble commission structure for each ebook sold.
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.
These
books will help you with
contract terms, so spend a few
dollars on these
books and you will save yourself money and heartache along the way.
With the typical self published
book, depending on your price point, you could be making five, 10, 12 or more
dollars per
book sold, and you're getting paid now, not some distant future that you hope the company is still around and they honor the
contracts, which doesn't always happen.
Most recent
book contracts, for example, have a minimum units or
dollar figure to hit before rights revert to the author.
Most
contracts today, including those I negotiated as Executive Editor, did use a
dollar figure to determine when a
book went out of front, but we seldom if ever went above $ 400, far lower than the better figures you suggest, which I'm guessing would be tough to get.