Russian Book Question
croc...@glas.apc.org
prepare a book about fishing, especially fly fishing, in Russia.
This book will be a "coffee table" book filled with about 200
photographs. Can anyone tell me what percentage of the selling
price an author usually receives as it was a question he asked, (I
said maybe a dollar for a $30 book), and also if you can
recommend any distributors for this kind of book. We will only
approach publishers after about 1 month when he completes his
refinements of this draft.
Lawrence Watt-Evans
: I am an American living in Moscow and am helping a Russian friend
For a text-only book, the author's share is normally 10% of cover,
increasing to 15% if enough copies are sold.
I've never published the sort of heavily-illustrated book you describe,
but my understanding is that the photographer and writer split 15% --
exactly how they split it is settled case by case. I could be wrong
about this.
Lars Eighner
Cr> From: croc...@glas.apc.org
Cr> I am an American living in Moscow and am helping a Russian friend
Cr> prepare a book about fishing, especially fly fishing, in Russia.
Cr> This book will be a "coffee table" book filled with about 200
Cr> photographs. Can anyone tell me what percentage of the selling
Cr> price an author usually receives as it was a question he asked, (I
Cr> said maybe a dollar for a $30 book), and also if you can
Cr> recommend any distributors for this kind of book. We will only
Cr> approach publishers after about 1 month when he completes his
Cr> refinements of this draft.
Naturally everything is negotiable, but 10% of cover is a reasonable
starting place, usually with escalating royalties after the first
x thousand.
... Power corrupts. Absolute power is sorta neat, though.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
Alexander von Thorn
> I am an American living in Moscow and am helping a Russian friend
> prepare a book about fishing, especially fly fishing, in Russia.
> This book will be a "coffee table" book filled with about 200
> photographs. Can anyone tell me what percentage of the selling
> price an author usually receives as it was a question he asked, (I
> said maybe a dollar for a $30 book), and also if you can
> recommend any distributors for this kind of book. We will only
> approach publishers after about 1 month when he completes his
> refinements of this draft.
Are you talking about getting the book published in Russia, or in the
West? If you're asking about publishing in America or other developed
countries, the other posts to this thread may be helpful. If you're asking
about publishing in Russia... make sure your advance check clears, and
don't count on any royalties.
Accounting is more like abstract art than mathematics over there. And as
for contracts, they are more of an invitation to open negotiations than an
agreed resolution. Just don't expect people to be able to fulfill any long
term promises. (Things are getting better, but slowly.)
--
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Rheal Nadeau
Alexander von Thorn <vont...@io.org> wrote:
]
]Are you talking about getting the book published in Russia, or in the
]West? If you're asking about publishing in America or other developed
]countries, the other posts to this thread may be helpful. If you're asking
]about publishing in Russia... make sure your advance check clears, and
]don't count on any royalties.
]
]Accounting is more like abstract art than mathematics over there. And as
Only over there?
Hey, *here* is where the most profitable movie in recent years, Forrest
Gump, is "accounted" as losing money.
Who loses in that case? The writer . . .
The (gross profits, indeed) Rhealist