As Library Collections Move Digital, What Happens to Author Earnings?
Does library lending help or hurt author and publisher income? The debate continues among publishers, librarians, and author advocates.
Royalties
How Much Will Author Earnings Decline? It’s a Wait-and-See Situation.
The most blatant threat to fiscal stability for self-publishing authors has so far come from Barnes & Noble via ebook distributors.
A New Tool to Help Indie Authors and Small Publishers Calculate Royalties
PublishDrive has recently launched Abacus, a standalone royalty-splitting service for self-publishing authors and small publishers.
A New Attempt to Quantify the US Market, Part 2: Authors
Cader underlines two key differences in how traditionally published and self-published authors make their money:
Society of Authors Demands Right to Say No to Deep-Discount Clauses
The UK’s Society of Authors cries foul on deep-discount deals many publishing contracts carry, which operate to the disadvantage of authors.