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Wylie: 50% digital royalty rate 'to be the norm'
Literary agent Andrew Wylie believes a 50% digital royalty rate will become widely accepted by publishers once the digital 'shake-out' settles down.
Ebook royalties: is 25% of net receipts fair?
Michael Bhaskar of Profile Books argues that the costs of digital formats aren't that much different to print and that author royalties of 25% of net receipts may be the fairest split.
Ebooks vs print infographic
This Huffington Post article tries to illustrate the cost breakdowns of ebooks and print books.
US Booksellers Association joins Wylie criticism
Oren Tiecher, CEO if the American Booksellers Association, is the latestbook industry figure to critice the exclusive deal between Amazon and agent Andrew Wylie that has seen the creation of the Odyss...
US Authors Guild on Wylie: 'publishers have brought this upon themselves'
While the US Authors Guild think that the Amazon-exclusive nature of the Andrew Wylie ebook deal is 'weird', it believes that 'publishers have brought this upon themselves'.
Schnittman defends ebook royalties
Evan Schnittman, who is about to move from OUP to Bloomsbury, has defended publishers' stances on royalties for ebooks agains recent attacks from the like of the UK Society of Authors.
Quote of the week
'If the publisher's split is a weak one, favouring the online retailer, that is not the author's problem. Authors should not be expected to compensate or make up for shortfalls in publisher income due...
ASA recommends 35% minimum author royalty on ebooks
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has recommended a minimum ebook royalty for authors of 35% of the publisher's net receipts. The recommendation is contained in an 11-page paper on ebook royalti...
Ebook deals 'not remotely fair' for authors
The head of the UK Society of Authors has warned said that he feels that current royalty and rights deals being offered to authors for ebooks are 'not remotely fair'.
Amazon offers small publishers 70% royalty rate
Amazon is offering small and self-publishers a 70% royalty rate on Kindle ebook titles sold via its Digital Text Platform (DTP).
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