Writers and Editors

Jun 14, 2010 6:24 AM EDT

One in Five Bloomberg Authors Received Royalties Based on Retail List Price, Says Wiley. Wiley's press release follows the AG response to it, which does the math, and makes the point an author should pay attention to with any publisher:"Bloomberg had no print on demand program. Authors would reasonably expect that if their books didn't sell enough to justify replenishing stock with a traditional print run, then the rights in the books would be revertible. Wiley's letter seeks not only to allow it to use print-on-demand technology to keep a work in print without negotiating a minimum sales threshold for a work to be deemed in print (as all literary agents and knowledgeable authors insist on), but it also seeks to do this at a royalty rate of 5% of net, the lowest such rate we've ever seen."

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Jun 16, 2010 6:30 AM EDT

One in Five Bloomberg Authors Received Royalties Based on Retail List Price, Says Wiley (Authors Guild 6-14-10). Wiley Rejects Guild's Audit Proposal (Authors Guild 6-16-10)

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Mar 08, 2018 10:31 AM EST

Claiming the Royalties You Deserve (Juli Saitz, Authors Guild, 2-28-18) "The imbalance in power between author and publisher often begins with the complexities of the publishing agreement. Unless an attorney is involved in that process, authors tend to accept the terms set forth in the publishing agreement as standard, without questioning specific terms."

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