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Post by vampyre on Jun 10, 2010 11:55:54 GMT -5
I have been wondering about this for a while. What is the pay scale like for authors? I'm not asking for specific numbers or a look into our favorite scribblers check book.
Are they paid by the word? Do they get a hard number or a percentage of the sales. How does the sale of ebooks affect them? What can we do as readers to make them look more attractive to the publishers?
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Post by deathlynx on Jun 10, 2010 18:07:07 GMT -5
Very good questions all!
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Post by Raven on Jun 10, 2010 18:18:15 GMT -5
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Post by vampyre on Jun 10, 2010 19:36:45 GMT -5
Thanks Raven. That answered a lot of questions.
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Post by patchymama on Jun 11, 2010 0:15:59 GMT -5
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Post by jackieu on Jun 11, 2010 14:07:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the pay is depressing. And yet look how many of us are going for it!
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Post by elle on Jun 11, 2010 23:45:35 GMT -5
this is why I'm trying to get at least 3 books in a series done before I even started querying ....and maybe a couple other books ... I've got some High Fantasy and a YA that I need to work on too ... ahem ... not crazy.
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Post by jackieu on Jun 12, 2010 3:30:31 GMT -5
Don't tell an agent that. They get squicky if you have that much done because there may be major changes in book 1 that would cause book 3 to be meaningless. Miriam Kriss was talking about it at Conestoga when I went. It freaked me out because I already had a book and a half in a series written.
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Post by Raven on Jun 12, 2010 5:15:00 GMT -5
Good point, Jackie!
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Post by vampyre on Jun 12, 2010 5:44:15 GMT -5
Just chasnge the names in the third book do a little editing and you have a new series starter  |
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Post by elle on Jun 12, 2010 9:54:48 GMT -5
oka fine ... I want to at least get book one and a good start on book two done and the YA and the High Fantasy .... I can't help much that I've already got half of book three written cause I didn't know it was book three at the time. thought it was book two.
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Post by vampyre on Jun 12, 2010 13:18:08 GMT -5
You over acheivers...you just crack me up.  |
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Post by elle on Jun 12, 2010 16:36:28 GMT -5
thats not really over achieving for me :-p thats just a normal goal
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Post by vampyre on Jun 12, 2010 16:39:54 GMT -5
I'm just teasing because i am such a slacker and all that sounds amazing to me. I'm lucky if i can compose a shopping list.
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