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Were publishing companies hiring authors for millions of dollars? I know authors usually use publishers for review / editing / publication, but I'm not aware o
by zanny 11y ago
Were publishing companies hiring authors for millions of dollars?
I know authors usually use publishers for review / editing / publication, but I'm not aware of a time where the relationship was not "publisher gets X% cut of revenue". When was it "author gets X million dollars"?
The same applies to music. Pretty much every creative industry outside film is paying the performers or creators a percentage of sales. Its just harder for that to scale to endeavors that take thousands of people like modern blockbusters.
- lmm 11y agoPublishing customers were at least sometimes paying million-dollar advances (which I appreciate isn't quite the same thing).
- cthalupa 11y agoLump sum payments are not at all uncommon when it comes to ghostwriting. (Royalties aren't rare either, but a lump sum agreement isn't eyebrow raising in the least)
- corin_ 11y ago> The same applies to music. Pretty much every creative industry outside film is paying the performers or creators a percentage of sales. Its just harder for that to scale to endeavors that take thousands of people like modern blockbusters. For performers, actors in plays, members of an orchestra, backup dancers behind a pop star... most are getting paid per performance or per period of time, not royalties. Royalties are more common for people who can take a majority responsibility for the end product, e.g. a solo artist or an author.