Sentences with phrase «royalty split»

The record contract royalty split for the sound recording (a separate copyright) is even less favorable than publishing.

Yes, we did a contract — that was based on an audiobook contract for royalty split deals.

There are different potential royalty splits depending on how you created your audiobook.

As you point out, reputable small presses never charge authors and often will offer very favorable royalty splits.

ACX has a feature that lets you do a 50/50 royalty split with narrators with no upfront costs.

I've been doing audio for a couple of years now, taking advantage of ACX to do royalty split deals with narrators, but also recording my own audiobook for Business for Authors: How to be an Author Entrepreneur.

And that's depending on whether or not Nelly signed a good deal with Universal, because in many cases artists agree to an unfavorable royalty split in return for a multi-million dollar advance, or signs over a regrettably large cut to a manager.

Just to clarify: IPSO pays for the editing and the design, you help with the marketing as well, and have a 50/50 royalty split on ebook royalties, right?

The cringe - worthy royalty splits and little to no return for the author were bad enough, but the most profound... [Read more...]

Royalty split only (no advance).

liked your info about ACX (just getting started with them, just approved my first completed project this morning) and the possibility of a an ACX like exchange for translations (esp royalty splits)

The «studio» program offers dashboard access to audio so that authors can create their own soundtracks on a 70 -30-percent royalty split.

The Book Octopus provides consulting on print vs digital, digital - first, POD vs print - run, Kindle exclusivity, co-op publishing, agent acquisition, and royalty splits so you can make informed decisions about your career.

In Germany, Geuppert says, most self - publishing platforms offer a 70 - 30 percent royalty split, similar to the situation in English - language markets.

That fee is just hard to identify because it is «included» within a 15 % agent commission and / or a 90 % -10 % traditional royalty split.

They may be offering a good royalty split, but chances are you might not see your half of the split if the owner of the small press needs to pay a house payment that month.

** Does not account for individual publisher printing markups or royalty splits with the author.

Currently, I only work on royalty split deals with translators — this page has all the details — and I make sure we are a good fit as people as well as checking their references as a translator.

I have also also heard of authors with strong sales histories negotiating 50 - 50 royalty splits in exchange for foregoing an advance or getting a lower advance; or where the 50 % rate kicks in only after a certain threshold level of sales.

$ 14.99 - $ 6.00 (40 % trade discount) $ 8.99 (net profit)- $ 3.25 (print cost for book sold on Amazon) $ 5.74 (profit; royalty split depends on publisher)

The cringe - worthy royalty splits and little to no return for the author were bad enough, but the most profound argument was that authors were tired of executives in conference rooms deciding that their books weren't «marketable.»

While the favorable royalty splits and payment terms were appealing and the disadvantages seemed like a fun challenge to tackle, what I wanted most as a writer and business owner was autonomy.

With a royalty split arrangement instead, they take no payment up front but own half the audio rights to your book for a period of seven years and my understanding is then you have to buy them out or let the arrangement go on.

Two big reasons: A readership of hundreds of thousands for the JET series, and a royalty split.

When it comes to audiobooks and ACX, are you better off paying up front or doing a royalty split with a narrator?

The royalty split is right down the middle, and all you have to do is offer up your rights and pick a narrator.

And, as the agent - Guild argument goes, because e-book manufacturing costs are low, the royalty split should reflect those lower costs.

Seven years is a really long time to get stuck with one specific company and not be able to change, and if you also lock yourself into a royalty split contract then you're just going to have to live with it.

With the ability to record your own audiobook file, hire a narrator through ACX, or even agree to a royalty split to avoid the full upfront cost, authors had a whole new way to reach readers.

Authors carve the creative control over their work, and they've come to realize that self - publishing affords them an almost equal chance for income potential as a traditional publishing deal, as evidenced largely by the fact that 24.8 % of those who responded said they'd published through a traditional publisher who offered a royalty split, but who did not pay them an advance.

Because co-publishing is an arrangement of shared risk, the publishing partner should be able to clearly explain the balance between the author's contribution and their own — and how this affects the royalty split.

The other 2 options are to do a 50 - 50 royalty split deal with a professional narrator or get your book narrated with text - to - speech software.

This is worth a royalty split for me.

$ 14.99 - $ 8.24 (55 % trade discount) $ 6.75 (net profit)- $ 3.86 (print cost for book sold through third - party retailer) $ 2.89 (profit; royalty split depends on publisher)

In addition to the other ebook retailers, consider using Amazon's Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) and doing a 50/50 royalty split with an experienced narrator.

As part of my 50:50 royalty split deal with my translator, Hans Maerker, we discussed the possibility of pursuing a traditional deal as well as self - publishing.

While it is possible to get a rough sense of the royalty splits for a hypothetical title, the calculator's utility for the work I want to produce seems dubious, it not utterly useless.

Things started slow and my investment is nearing $ 30,000 plus some royalty splits with my translator, with just over $ 1000 earned so far.

Babelcube works with a royalty split model, in which the author's share increases the better the book sells.

Firstly, as I offer a 50:50 % royalty split, I am sharing the marketing load with my translator, who provides me with text and will be doing emails and articles in German as an ongoing task.

Although the general rule is to hold onto your rights as much as possible, I love the royalty split model for translation because:

Or do you want to do a royalty split deal?

And, while I knew of other indie authors, like David Gaughran and Joanna Penn, who were working to find translators on their own (often using a royalty splitting agreement), or -LSB-...]

I also LOVE the royalty split deals as it means ongoing revenue for the long term, which is what we all want.

You can also use BabelCube for royalty split deals, which I haven't used personally, so can't yet recommend but I know some authors who are starting to use them.