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Royalties
  • We pay our author 15% of the net income (total income less the trade discount) received for the sale of each book in royalties.
  • We make advance payments on total royalty payable to our authors.
  • We pay them quarterly with accompanying statements issued and do not wait for the royalties to be sizeable sum before making payments.  
  • We invest a significant amount of our revenue in marketing, meaning that our share of revenue is reinvested - leading to more sales, and therefore more royalty for you as the author.
  • We do not deduct any editorial or printing charge from the income!
 

Why is the royalty / advance set the way it is?
  • 15% is higher than the majority of established publishers.
  • Because our books sell mainly direct or with low discounts to retailers, our revenue per book is higher than most other publishers for books of a similar price - so 15% of net revenue translates into a higher percentage of cover price than it would for most other publishers.
Try the royalty calculator to your right to see it all in numbers!

 

 
ROYALTY CALCULATOR

 

Calculate your approximate royalty!

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Packt style -- 15% royalty, 25% discount:*

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Traditional style -- 10% royalty, 55% discount:*

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*The percentages mentioned are typical averages
 




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