Paying Authors More

[Mike Shatzkin writes a compelling and detailed case. Inter alia he

puzzles the strength of book sales in toto, and in print version. Take a
long coffee break for this because the long comment section is a
valuable discussion with Shatzkin contributing all the way through.
Really good insights into many aspects of the market an into agency
approaches and the strength of Amazon.]

Paying Authors More
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It might be the best economics for publishers in the long run
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-37741
http://www.idealog.com/blog/paying-authors-more-might-be-the-best-economics

'...But if the authors don’t play along, they have nothing to sell.
Making deals with authors is the publishers’ price of admission to the
game....'




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