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あらすじ・解説
- Signing a contract can be a cause for celebration, but there may be regrets later.
- As a publisher you often only return to them when something has gone wrong and you need to get out of the contract.
- The contract is a legal document, but connection and communication are what make the author-publisher relationship work.
- There is often a power imbalance.
- Rights in contracts; what is the publisher being assigned by the writer; ANZ rights, English-speaking rights, Commonwealth rights.
- Format rights, book, ebook, audiobook, extracts, film and TV and translation rights. The different sizes of books, and hardback and softback.
- Many companies now create their own audiobooks, but others sell those rights on.
- Length of contracts, some have finiste terms, most remain whilst a book is in print.
- Sunset clauses.
- Royalties are usually 10% of RRP, but that can be altered for books that sell in big numbers, these are called rises.
- Pros and cons of advances, and how often advances are earned out. Why we prefer lower or no advances.
- Beware of contracts from companies that help writers self publish. Can be grossly unfair.
- Discussion about ebook royalties, usually 25% of net receipts.
- Royalties stay at 10% of RRP even when bookshops do deep discounts.
- Bulk book orders sometimes paid at 25% of net receipts; the pros of being entrepreneurial as a publisher.
In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
Going Under Audiobook: Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.
Going Under on Spotify: Listen to Going Under on Spotify here.
Jane Curry Links
- Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
- Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au
- www.instagram.com/venturapress__
Seana Smith Links
- Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
- Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
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