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(Also another test of dreamwidth crossposting feature)

From a comment posted in James Nicoll's LJ here.

What I want to know is whether authors are getting more royalties due to there being no way to pass DRM'd e-books on to additional readers the way you can pass on a paper book.

I have my doubts, but if it turned out to be true I would consider getting one of the e-book readers.

(I'm buying as few books as possible because I have absolutely no space left in my house for books. The ones that don't come off my to-read shelf, I get from the library.)

Comments

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Not exactly correct. Subrights are generally sold on a royalty basis, but if there's any advance at all, the advance looks like a lump sum and if it doesn't earn out, that's all you see.

E-books aren't generally subrights, though, they're generally produced by the publisher.

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Thanks for the correction!