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Originally Posted by darryl
Outside of the Big 5 there are some good innovative publishers who at least anecdotally are offering authors much better terms. For instance Bookouture, now acquired by I think Harper Collins, was offering its authors a 50% royalty rate.
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You finally wrote something to make me not like Harper Collins!
Bookouture FAQ
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Do you pay your authors an advance?
No, we don’t.
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They are putting all the risk on the author, none on the corporation.
This is like a restaurant -- headed up by a multi-billionaire -- which pays no salary and expects the wait staff to live on tips.