If print publishers wish to retain the digital rights then they will maintain their current level of advance and allow
a greater share of royalties for authors, not because it is fair or logical, but because they wish to retain the author.
Ask an indie or self - publisher, and going it alone is the only sane position:
greater share of the royalties, total control over your product, and no bowing down to the Gatekeepers.
Not exact matches
Only a «limited» number
of faculty members
share in this kind
of wealth, but «on more than half
of the research - intensive campuses in the United States, there are a handful
of faculty who earn more than their salaries each year from
royalties» — some a
great deal more, she notes.
After being approached by Shelf Media about an unconventional deal to publish Final Appearance through Lulu.com, Stark decided against a traditional publishing contract and
royalty advance because
of the
greater control and potentially higher revenue
share self - publishing — or «direct publishing» as Stark calls it — might bring to an accomplished novelist such as himself.
I think the
royalty share is a
great system but sadly it's only available for the US and UK, so those
of us outside those countries don't get that option!
I'm a self - published author, and I was fortunate enough to connect with a
great narrator on ACX who agreed to do all four
of my books as
royalty shares.
«We empower authors to meet publishing professionals, create relationships,
share royalties, and build
great teams that run like start ups,» explained Sanders in an interview with GoodEReader at Tools
of Change this week.
In this case, the author retains a
greater royalty share due to the above — typically 70 %
of the profit from the most common sales channels depending on the list price
of the book and whether it is an ebook or print.
Which means the only difference with doing it for Indie is that you're getting a
greater share of the profits, as opposed to spending your meager advance and never seeing any
royalties.
Largely, this is on the back
of paying writers a lower percentage
of profits, and keeping a larger percentage
of those profits for the publisher (thus, the push for a
greater royalty share on ebooks, which I think will eventually happen...).
Allied Irish Banks, Bank
of Ireland, Biogen Idec, Dalradian Resources, Datalex, Elan Corp, ELG Scheme, Fastnet Oil & Gas, FBD Holdings, IIU, Irish
shares, Irish value investing, Pageant Holdings, Permanent TSB Group Holdings, Prime Active Capital,
Royalty Pharma, TGISVP, The
Great Irish
Share Valuation Project, US Oil & Gas
There is also no provision for any
share of mining
royalties paid to government to be given to native title interests.75 Despite these limitations, the right to negotiate and ALRA (NT) consent provisions provide a mechanism to negotiate for
greater benefits and practical outcomes not mandated by the legislation.