Not exact matches
The federal government wants to distribute more
of the oil
royalties evenly across all the states in Brazil, instead
of the
lion's
share going to states on the coast where the drilling occurs.
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.
Self - publishing and digital distribution enables authors to make their work widely discoverable and accessible with much less upfront investment and much higher potential to make money without a publisher taking the
lion's
share of royalties.