Authors should get at least 50 % of
net ebook income, not a mere 25 %.
Not exact matches
That $ 20,000 in
income from real estate will actually generate me additional equity, and I can depreciate the asset, thus increasing my
net worth more than the $ 20,000 from an
eBook would.
Publishers already have dangerously low operating margins; moving
ebooks off the top line and sharing 15 - 30 % more
net income is a non-starter.
The Authors Guild also estimate that author
income from
ebooks will be 300 % higher under this deal than under traditional publishing contracts — 60 % -63 % of retail price rather than 25 % of
net receipts.
«Finally, publishers are putting up front huge amounts of money for trade books and on the back end the game is changing from shipping 100,000 units at $ 15
net (which we count as
income) to now shipping 75,000 and selling
ebooks one at a time at
net $ 10 with no up front payments.»
Not only are they fighting for lower prices, which sell more books, capture more of an audience, and make more
income... but Amazon just came out in favor of
ebook royalties of 50 % of
net.