A. Not very, but you would be ill-advised to remove it. When a publisher is in bankruptcy, both the company and people dealing with it are prohibited from taking many actions without court approval. Among these is enforcement of the…
Q. Is there a commonly accepted definition of what kinds of publisher’s book sales are “high discount” and result in a lower royalty rate than the basic royalty rate I negotiate in my contract for sales at the publisher’s standard…
Q. My publisher is remaindering the trade paperback edition of my book but intends to keep the hardcover edition in print until all of its hardcover copies are sold. It is offering to sell me copies of the remaindered paperback…
Q. Is there a commonly accepted schedule of royalty accounting and corresponding royalty payments? My publisher does its accounting only two times a year and sends that accounting and royalties to the author five months after the end of the…
Q. My book, which was published in hardcover about a year ago, earned out its advance by about $500 but the publisher has told me that it might hold back part of that money as a reserve against returns of…