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Re: [GWL]: Agent or no agent?



BrookBarb@aol.com wrote:

>  In a message dated 01/18/2002 11:58:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> gardenwriter@mindspring.com writes:
>
>> I never realized (and the publisher of my last book never bothered
>> to tell me) that I could buy
>> copies of my own book for half price!
>
> Is this _really_ true? Or did you just gloss over it in the contract?
> In almost every book deal I'm familiar with, the terms and conditions
> of books you can buy are clearly spelled out. In quite some detail.
> For instance, many houses do not count books bought by the author as
> part of the royalties bank. In other words, you buy, say, 50 books,
> earning the same discount as a book dealer who buys that many.
> However, the 50 he buys pay you a royalty. The 50 you buy do not.
>
> The point is, that kind of deal is clearly spelled out in the
> contract.

I may have glossed over it - or or it may not have been there - this was
11 years ago. I wanted to buy copies because it was a book on
advertising for small businesses and I had hoped to promote it by
speaking to groups through the different Small Business Development
Centers and having copies available for purchase. And all I recall from
the contract was that I was entitled to 10 free authors copies. (And the
cheapskates sent me the paperback version!) In fact if I recall
correctly that contract said I could buy more at 85% - not something I
could afford at the time.
Carol
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