publishing royalties
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- MLP
has anyone published a book of someone's work? do you have any good references on how the money works in a book deal?
- MSTRPLN0
I've been looking into this too,
How would it work if you interview people?
- MLP0
i don't think an interview really qualifies... a magazine doesn't pay for interviews typically as its free PR. celeb mags would be a whole different ballgame though.
i'm thinking more on a contributions level.
- maximillion_0
i know a couple of authors and from what I know they gets lump sum up front (the amount depends on the potential and status of said author) then royalties after a certain volume has sold. royalties are a percentage of the onward profit
- MLP0
that makes sense... but i'm looking for more info along the lines of usage... say for example, books like NeoGeo or This Book is Designed to Help.. compile/exhibit a 100 or so people's work. "this book.." was a charity book so I'm guessing people donated the work, but how do you operate outside of that.
- maximillion_0
hmmm...i dont know to be honest but I would say that get a flat fee for their contribution then the "author" and publisher sweat it out between themselves.
I imagine you would need some sort of "model" sign off as you get with shoots
- MLP0
exactly... i'm just trying to find more detailed information on that transaction.
i know pubs like faesthetic operate on contributions, but don't pay their contributors. i guess there's a fine line there between "i want to be in it because its cool" and "threadless distributes it now, so it has a large cirulation and makes money." not to single out faesthetic, but just an example. how do pubs with over 100 contributors function? is the work submitted with the understanding it's just free publicity under a cool umbrella that is the whole?
larger pubs like esopus give the issue to one person, but function as a magazine, hiring its content. big is the only larger magazine i can think of that has 10+ contributors each issue, submitting art/photography as content, but from what i hear they're dodgy about paying people.
- ... thus being a bad model for this discussion anyway.
MLP
- ... thus being a bad model for this discussion anyway.