Print royalties, e-book royalties, and combined royalties

by Chris Roche
20th October 2014

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding royalties (no doubt I won't be the first to have asked about this!).

I know it's notoriously difficult, but does anyone know the average royalty deals for a print only publishing deal, an e-book only publishing deal, and a combined royalty deal?

Thanks for your help!

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I have to say Adrian you made your point well, it shows we don't expect much if anything from all the hours and our good ideas, our problem is, we HAVE to write all of em down in the hope someone will want to read what our odd brains churn out!!!

Regards Paul.

PS

both feet firmly on the ground.

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21/10/2014

Thank you Adrian! Very informative answer - I knew the figures were bad but this gives me the details I was looking for. Ah, the life of an author!

Do you know if similar rates stand for e-books?

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A witty answer but it drives home the point! 😀

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