As an author who is more interested in getting published than getting a publisher to pay me money, I'd be willing to share the risk with the publisher: don't pay me any advance at all, but give me a bigger share of each sale. If it bombs, the publisher is not out any advance money, although clearly, they are still out the production and distribution costs. If it flies, we both make money. If it bombs and later I become famous, well, we still both make money.
I'm sure this is not an original thought, and I'm also likewise sure there are a lot of authors would would view this idea with horror. Which leads to the question: does any publisher do anything like this? Would they consider it?
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Share the risk?
Date: 2006-04-22 04:32 pm (UTC)I'm sure this is not an original thought, and I'm also likewise sure there are a lot of authors would would view this idea with horror. Which leads to the question: does any publisher do anything like this? Would they consider it?