The Bookseller talked to Howey about the website and the ongoing effort:
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An upcoming report, he says, will look at 50,000 titles “across all genres.” In the interest of transparency, the report also offers an Excel spreadsheet with base data and graphics.
The Author Earnings site includes not only the initial report on these sales-ranking analyses in three major genres but also a short survey for users to take and a petition in which users are asked to rank their interest in various calls for action. The statements for which users signal their levels of support on the petition include: “Authors deserve, at minimum, 50% of net sales on e-books”; “All publishing contracts should be for a limited term of license (5 to 10 years)”; “DRM should be abolished for all e-books”; and a call for “Complete abolishment of non-compete clauses” in author contracts.
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