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ASA survey slams educational publishers
Educational publishing in Australia is in trouble and authors are paying the price, according to an Australian Society of Authors (ASA) report released this week. The survey of educational writer...
Little, Brown joins Random in suggesting 15% royalty on ebooks
Little, Brown CEO Ursula McKenzie has seconded a suggestion from Random UK that author royalties on e-books should be set at 15% of net receipts -- a rate that has agents and authors up in arms.
Welsh writers divided over digitisation plan
Welsh writers are divided on the merits of a million-pound project by the National Library of Wales to digitise their works. At issue, as ever, are rights and royalties.
Random argues for 15% royalty on e-books
Random House UK head Gail Rebuck has argued that 15% is a fair author royalty for e-books, as development costs are high and profits uncertain.
No damages allowed in Tolkien lawsuit
The heirs of J R R Tolkien and publisher HarperCollins have joined together to launch a US$150 million lawsuit against New Line Cinema, the producer of the films of 'The Lord of the Rings', claiming a...
Educational publishers and authors critical of ASA report
Educational publishers have hit back at the recent Australian Society of Authors report on their sector, with one publisher describing it as ‘long on overblown rhetoric and bluster but very shor...
'Radical change' needed in royalties
A UK round table on 'Authors and publishers in the digital age' has been told that radical change is needed to existing business models of royalties and author payments.
Authors must be paid for downloads
A survey of the UK public reveals majority support for authors receiving royalties for digital re-use of the their works. 70% or respondents said they would pay 'a reasonable sum' for downloads.
Author 'eaten alive' by Hollywood
Author Deborah Gregory might have seen her YA series become a hit TV show produced by Disney, but that doesn't equate to fat royalty cheques.
Court won't reopen Pooh lawsuit
A California appeals court has declined to reinstate a long-running case against Disney over a royalties dispute concerning A A Milne's Winnie the Pooh character. Pati Slesinger, who believes that her...
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