Thread: Authors get screwed by Agent Model
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:56 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Daithi View Post
...if the figures I provided in my original post are correct the authors are taking the short end of the stick in this deal.
That's a given in any deal.

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If you look at the price at which Amazon is currently selling hardcovers you will see they are normally selling for around $15. Let's say that printing, distribution, warehousing, and reseller returns comprises $3.50 of that cost (I think this figure is low and it is probably closer to $5, but for the sake of argument).
Per Lynn Abbey: "When my first book came out in 1980, a 40% sell-through was considered a success (that is, six out of every ten books in a print run, never sold….maybe never made it to a bookstore). Five years ago, my editor (at Tor, btw) said they were trying to make peace (and profit) with the idea of a 20% sell-through."

Two things here: first, Tor is an imprint of Macmillan. Second, my impression is that those figures are overall, including both paperbacks and hardcovers.
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