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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Most buyers had no idea that the authors were getting paid substantially less than authors signed up with other publishers; the authors didn't notice for a long time, because a fairly prolific Harlequin author could make a decent living, and they knew that most authors couldn't.
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It would disagree with the statement that the authors were getting paid substantial less than with other publishers. There's maybe less pay-out per book sold, but due to it's marketing, reputation and subscription based sales Harlequin sold (and sells) relatively large volumes. I know one Harlequin author, and she netted between 15 and 20 k$ per book -- writing two books a year for Harlequin which took about 6 weeks each including the editing stages.
Over 30 k$ for three months of work doesn't sound like a miserable salary to me, and I think that apart from the top 2% or 3% most (aspiring) authors would go for it.