Comments on: Regnery Authors Sue For Lost Royalties http://booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant http://booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-166831 Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:58:04 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/#comment-166831 [...] You know, for all their purported pro-capitalism, these neocon authors really don’t know how to mind the store. Kassia has more thoughts. [...] [...] You know, for all their purported pro-capitalism, these neocon authors really don’t know how to mind the store. Kassia has more thoughts. [...]

]]> By: Andrew Wheeler http://booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-166829 Andrew Wheeler Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:48:10 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/#comment-166829 If the Regnery bookclub contract is as you characterize it, it would be very different from the standard contract in that area, and not in a way which benefits the author. The US bookclub contracts I'm familiar with have a royalty clause which specifies royalty percentages based on the regular selling price in particular clubs. Books sold at exceptionally low prices (or given away for free) would have a lower royalty paid than copies sold at the regular club price, but not a vastly lower royalty. The Regnery contract, as its being characterized in the media today, appears to be entirely one-sided towards Regnery. Perhaps this is a mischaracterization, but it shows the necessity, for all authors, of having someone knowledgeable in publishing contacts to negotiate their deals. If the Regnery bookclub contract is as you characterize it, it would be very different from the standard contract in that area, and not in a way which benefits the author.

The US bookclub contracts I’m familiar with have a royalty clause which specifies royalty percentages based on the regular selling price in particular clubs. Books sold at exceptionally low prices (or given away for free) would have a lower royalty paid than copies sold at the regular club price, but not a vastly lower royalty.

The Regnery contract, as its being characterized in the media today, appears to be entirely one-sided towards Regnery. Perhaps this is a mischaracterization, but it shows the necessity, for all authors, of having someone knowledgeable in publishing contacts to negotiate their deals.

]]> By: Scattershot http://booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-166827 Scattershot Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:39:19 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/#comment-166827 Kassia, from my experience, you heard correctly regarding the book club eight ball. As soon as you complete the agreed upon mandatory purchases, boom. Two days after the next announcement, the package is in your mailbox. Then it becomes PAY UP OR ELSE. Why alienate a live customer ? Why not shift from PUSH to PULL marketing ? Using the internet ought to eliminate the printing and mailing costs for the sales literature. The system seems to have been designed to benefit bill collectors. Is there an obscure tax break ? Is it all a shell game to cheat the authors ? More info on this please. There is a good cartoon on Townhall today showing the Hollywood Writers peering through a picture window at readers inside a public library. LOL. Kassia, from my experience, you heard correctly regarding the book club eight ball. As soon as you complete the agreed upon mandatory purchases, boom. Two days after the next announcement, the package is in your mailbox. Then it becomes PAY UP OR ELSE. Why alienate a live customer ? Why not shift from PUSH to PULL marketing ? Using the internet ought to eliminate the printing and mailing costs for the sales literature. The system seems to have been designed to benefit bill collectors. Is there an obscure tax break ? Is it all a shell game to cheat the authors ? More info on this please.

There is a good cartoon on Townhall today showing the Hollywood Writers peering through a picture window at readers inside a public library. LOL.

]]> By: Book Club Articles » Blog Archive » Regnery Authors Sue For Lost Royalties http://booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-166826 Book Club Articles » Blog Archive » Regnery Authors Sue For Lost Royalties Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:54:36 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/regnery-authors-sue-for-lost-royalties/#comment-166826 [...] Original post by Kassia Krozser [...] [...] Original post by Kassia Krozser [...]

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