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Originally Posted by darryl
Also, the contract described seems to be outside the norm, or some other relevant terms not discussed. It was as I understand it normal for such contracts to provide for either no royalties or much reduced royalties if books were sold at a discount. Certainly this was the case with deep discounts. I'm sure the contract described would have some provision to ensure that the publisher is not paying royalties in respect of heavily discounted sales.
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There were quite a few modifiers in the contract but I am not a lawyer and just took a quick scan. Copies sent out to reviewers, donated to various groups, etc. which were not considered as sales did not pay a royalty. There may have been a clause covering copies which were remaindered but that I don't remember. What I remember looking at was the payment for copies which were shipped to retailers (shipped might not be quite the right term for ebooks
) and sold and that was simply based on the number of sales with no consideration as to the retail pricing.