Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Self-published authors hit by Amazon online royalties cut
1 comment:
- Iola said...
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I don't see how this is news. These have been the standard roytalty rates in the US, Australia and NZ for ages. Prior to introducing these new rates in NZ, the standard rate was 35 pc - half of the 'new' 70 pc.
And these are self-published books. How else are they going to get distribution? If these authors had a publishing contract, they'd probably get less in the hand. The cover price might be higher, but their percentage would be lower - more like 25 pc to 50 pc, and that's sometimes percentage of net, not cover price.
I suspect it isn't the self-published authors who are complaining but those who represent the publishers.
If authors or publishers don't like Amazon's terms, they don't have to do business with them. - 9:19 am