Re: Re: RWA's latest

In Australia at least, it is standard practice to make the author pay 
for indexing. As an indexer, I am often asked to invoice the author 
directly. Whether this is fair or sensible is open to question. After 
all, the author doesn't have to draw their own cover art!

But the moral is to read all contracts carefully and strike out whatever 
is not acceptable. My partner and I were caught out once by a 'standard 
contract' - now we just go to work on them with a big black pen.

Jon.

Mary E Tyler wrote:
>> Personally, I don't think this definition is fine-grained enough.  
>> There are many things (generally associated with the creation and  
>> editing of the manuscript) that author's pay for. In the case of non- 
>> fiction books, almost every trade contract I've seen requires the  
>> author to provide the index for the book, and says that the  
>> publisher will charge the author for the index if the author does not.
>>     
>
> The two that I've seen (my own from Wiley) don't, I don't pay for my  
> own indexing. I'm not sure that it's as standard as you think. IN  
> fact, I have never seen a contract that requires an author to pay for  
> indexing. Granted, that means naught, but still different people may  
> have far different experiences than you do. Also, it may vary highly  
> from genre to genre. Academics may be expected to provide their own  
> indexes while trade books may not.
>
>   

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