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pdurrant · 11-27-2012, 05:32 PM

I don't think the idea that Harlequin should pay authors 70% has ever been suggested.

What was suggested is that the part of Harlequin acting for the author and licensing the book to another part of Harlequin for publication as ebooks (and legally, I think, should have been acting in the authors' best interests while doing do), should have been looking to receive closer to 70% of the retail price for the licence, not 6-8% of RRP. That would have resulted in the authors receiving closer to 35% of the RRP for the ebooks, rather than the 3-4% they have actually been receiving.

11-27-2012, 05:32 PM	#96
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,508 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I don't think the idea that Harlequin should pay authors 70% has ever been suggested. What was suggested is that the part of Harlequin acting for the author and licensing the book to another part of Harlequin for publication as ebooks (and legally, I think, should have been acting in the authors' best interests while doing do), should have been looking to receive closer to 70% of the retail price for the licence, not 6-8% of RRP. That would have resulted in the authors receiving closer to 35% of the RRP for the ebooks, rather than the 3-4% they have actually been receiving.