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Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social |
A reminder that, for every print book you buy, the PERSON WHO WROTE THE BOOK is probably getting the smallest cut of the income from that book. Something that is rarely questioned in the publishing industry.
defector.com/the-money-is...
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LonelyAF
@maggiedawitch.bsky.social
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I get around $2 AUD per $20 book
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Miranda Emmerson
@mirandaemmerson.bsky.social
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Still blows my mind that as a scriptwriter there are minimum amounts I can be paid; my union negotiates increases regularly; and, sometimes, if stuff isn’t working, we go on strike. Meanwhile, publishing is the Wild West where people regularly get paid £1000 for a year’s work and no one strikes…
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Joshua Keep
@jekeep.bsky.social
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When people ask how many books we've sold, they think we must be rich. But then I explain to them how publishing royalties work.
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Eimear Ní M
@airneog.bsky.social
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And the very people who get the larger cuts are slavering to find a way to take away writers’ and actors’ cuts with AI
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Sean Eric Fagan
@kithrup.bsky.social
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They're also probably taking the smallest risk -- they're not fronting the money for storage, distribution, paper, printing, marketing, editors, and so forth. Although I think, with remainders, bookstores have an inversely proportional risk to percentage ratio?
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Slip Slidin' Away
@liberallibra.bsky.social
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So is the remedy to write a lot of books?
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