Dishonest publishers – Part II – What Would You Have Done?

Royalties are a delicate detail of publishing. You either trust your publisher, or you don’t.

For the longest time I trusted my publisher (Rosa) completely, I never doubted for a moment that she didn’t pay all that was due. But then something strange happened …

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Dishonest publishers – Part I – What Would You Have Done?

A micro publisher (let’s call her Rosa) lashed out at her authors yesterday, with a post on Facebook, that some authors are an ungrateful bunch. She implied that they didn’t do enough to promote their work and as such didn’t generate enough profit.

She stated that she invests a $1,000 in each book she publishes. The rant went on and on, but what stuck with me most was the investment of a $1,000. What the heck constituted such an amount?

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