Authors Feel Pinch in Age of E-Books
It has always been tough for literary fiction writers to get their work published by the top publishing houses. But the digital revolution that is disrupting the economic model of the book industry is having an outsize impact on the careers of literary writers.
What, no credit? 🙂
Ya know I love to see my name up in lights Blake 🙂
— Ender, Duke_of_URL
Authors get 15% on regular books and 25% on ebooks?
Clearly I’ve had the wrong kind of publishers, since the most I ever got on a book was 12%, and that only after the first 1,200 copies were sold (at 10%). (Also, the joys of niche publishing: That sad little $3,500 advance in the story would be $500 better than any advance I’ve ever received for books in the library field. On the other hand, I don’t have an agent.)