The Authors Guild recently announced the launch of its Fair
Contract Initiative. Essentially this means they believe that publishers are
getting fat on the backs of struggling writers, and that said publishers should share the
wealth more fairly.But what, exactly, is fair?
This week, the issue has to do with e-book royalties. The
standard publishing contract offers a 25% royalty for e-books, but the Guild
believes it should be much higher. After all, it costs nothing to produce an e-book, and nothing for shipping. Why can’t
they pay more?
But here's the thing: the process for producing an e-book is exactly the same as any other. They're not free to produce, and they never were.
But here's the thing: the process for producing an e-book is exactly the same as any other. They're not free to produce, and they never were.
