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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I think that Stratemeyer Syndicate employed several writes who Ghost Wrote the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books. I can't say if they were on salary though or paid per project.
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My guess is that they were paid by the project. Most ghost writers are. It would be highly unusual for a publisher to actually employ a writer and to pay that writer a salary. Especially since a salary would be paid to the employee regardless of whether or not they actually produced any content.
I know I'm messing with semantics (again) ... but there you have it. A reporter, a script writer, a technical writer ... it is common for them to be salaried employees, but then, they are expected to churn out a certain amount of content -- often without much regard to the quality (unfortunately).