Publishers will be forced to cede more revenue to authors, the idea that 25 % Net is a defensible long -
term ebook royalty rate is a farce best forgotten about quickly.
Not exact matches
Publishing your
ebook directly to the Kindle store can save you money in the long -
term because you won't sacrifice a your
royalties to intermediaries.
With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets to its list of places where authors and publishers can earn a 70 %
royalty on
ebooks, the rumors and misinformed half - truths have begun swirling again as authors set out to decipher the
terms.
Selected books will be published by Kindle Press and receive 5 - year renewable
terms, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 %
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions and featured Amazon marketing.
The
royalties (or whatever you want to call it, but again I'm using
royalty because that's the generally accepted
term) on
ebooks sold in Japan, India, Brazil, and Mexico is 35 %, unless you're in KDP Select, at which point you get 70 % as long as it meets the price requirements.
If Publisher does not:
eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net
royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic
royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic
Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this
term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic books.
To ameliorate that, an agent can say, «We know you're not going to budge on the
ebook royalty rate, but that means you need to do better on these other
terms.»
In
terms of
royalties, authors can earn as much as 35 percent for print books up to around 70 percent for
ebooks (as of this writing), depending on the platform used.
Once a book is accepted, it goes on to be published by the digital Kindle Press imprint, in exchange for which the author receives 5 - year renewable
terms, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 %
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions, and featured Amazon marketing.
As for the lower
royalty rates above $ 9.99 on
ebooks, that was discussed over and over last fall, and it was one of the
terms that leaked repeatedly in the press.
Selected books are published by Kindle Press and receive 5 - year renewable
terms, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 %
eBook royalty
Sales of Konrath's $ 2.99
ebook will deliver him about $ 2.10 a copy (Konrath says $ 2.04; not sure where the other six cents is going...), as much or more as he would make on a $ 14.95 paperback from a trade publisher, and significantly more than he'd make on a $ 9.99
ebook distributed under «Agency»
terms and current major publisher
royalty conventions.
Similarly, licenses may be exclusive or non-exclusive, world - wide or geographically - restricted, short -
term or perpetual,
royalty - free or
royalty - paying, limited to a particular language or format, such as audio, print, or
eBooks.
Selected books, explains Amazon, «will be published by Kindle Press and receive 5 - year renewable
terms, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 percent
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions and featured Amazon marketing.»
All the while, locking in
ebook royalties that pay them enough more per book that they aren't leaving much on the table in the short
term from less sales at higher prices.
Amazon could change the
terms so that whatever
royalty rates you currently have will always stay the same or at least not go lower, even if they lower the rates for newly published
ebooks in the fututre.
Publishing your
ebook directly to the Kindle Store can save you money in the long -
term because you won't sacrifice your
royalties to intermediaries.
Publishing contracts include 5 - year renewable
terms, a $ 1,500 advance, a 50 %
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions and featured Amazon marketing.
By attacking
ebook royalties in this manner, a trap is set by those seeking to maximize short -
term profits at the expense of all else.
And in the next few days we'll try to focus on what these developments could mean — in
terms of
ebook pricing,
royalties, profitability, and in some cases life or death — for the players listed above.
Authors who have their book published will receive a $ 1,500 advance, 50 %
eBook royalty rate, 5 - year renewable
terms and marketing on the Amazon and Kindle stores.
Publishing contracts are offered through Kindle Press and include a 5 - year renewable
term, advance of $ 1,500, a 50 %
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions and featured Amazon marketing.
Kindle Scout contracts are based around 5 - year (renewable
terms), and authors get a $ 1,500 advance plus a 50 percent
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions and featured Amazon marketing, the company says.
Selected books are published by Kindle Press and receive 5 - year renewable
terms, a $ 1,500 advance, 50 %
eBook royalty rate, easy rights reversions (after a five year
term) and featured Amazon marketing.