Re: Contract Question

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maggiest@juno.com
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 12:31 PM
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [GWL] Contract Question

Assuming you're talking about a traditional, royalty-based publisher, the
offer is wholly unreasonable.
the industry standard right now is 25% of GROSS. 

On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:18:14 -0500 (EST) AldieOaks@aol.com writes:
> Hi folks.  I have a question I hope one (or more) of you can answer.
>  
> Situation:  Book has been out of print for 10  years. Publisher wants 
> to reissue as electronic book and possibly as  "Electronic Multimedia 
> Version"
> (whatever that is).
>  
> Royalty offered:  10% of net receipts.
>  
> Is this reasonable?  Or should we look for a attorney in the DC area  
> who represents authors to bump this percentage up a bit?  (Original 
> agent  has now died and business closed.)  If so, what is reasonable?
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Lina Burton
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