There are so many trade PB originals coming out in the next year -- will their numbers look more like MM or HB?
"Trade" is actually a distribution term -- the only question is if it is "trade cloth" (abbreviated as TC, also known as "hardcover") or "trade paper" (abbrev. TP or tpb.) Most trade paper original numbers, as far as I'm aware, look like the numbers for hardcovers -- sometimes slightly higher, since the price point is lower and we estimate that more people will shell out $14 instead of $24 -- or slightly lower, since libraries decide not to take as many.
The simple answer to your remainders question is YES, it's totally a wash for royalties. They're considered a loss, and our "profit" on them doesn't actually exist. I'll do a post about remainders with more details eventually.
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Date: 2006-04-24 12:11 am (UTC)There are so many trade PB originals coming out in the next year -- will their numbers look more like MM or HB?
"Trade" is actually a distribution term -- the only question is if it is "trade cloth" (abbreviated as TC, also known as "hardcover") or "trade paper" (abbrev. TP or tpb.) Most trade paper original numbers, as far as I'm aware, look like the numbers for hardcovers -- sometimes slightly higher, since the price point is lower and we estimate that more people will shell out $14 instead of $24 -- or slightly lower, since libraries decide not to take as many.
The simple answer to your remainders question is YES, it's totally a wash for royalties. They're considered a loss, and our "profit" on them doesn't actually exist. I'll do a post about remainders with more details eventually.