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---Ditto for me. I have always responded to my anthology authors promptly.
James, if royalties were paid to the editor, who then distributed them to the authors of the anthology, would that be written into the contract? Or is it just taken as read?
Royalties are not paid to the editor for distribution to the antho authors. Royalties (when they are earned) are paid directly to the antho authors.
but it's been the experience of most of my epubbed friends that most promotional efforts don't make much difference.
And just to add to that -- it's been the experience of most of my print pubbed friends that most promotional efforts don't make much difference, either.
----Not to be contrarian, but my efforts have made a HUGE difference. It's all about how and where you do it.
Keep in mind that with ebooks, the individual author's promo matters less than the number of readers who visit the publisher's site. Ebook readers tend to be pretty loyal to one or two publishers; they may visit places like Fictionwise, yes, but it's been the experience of most of my epubbed friends that most promotional efforts don't make much difference.
I am not sure how a single writer can know how much their promotion affects their sales, not having release the exact same books without promotion in a parallel universe. In my experience authors attribute success and failure) to their promotion, but there is no real way to know how true this is. And other factors are typically larger in scale.
I sold quite a lot of books through live and list chats, often while the chats are in progress.
I received such a pen at a mystery convention in the 90s. It's my grocery list pen, since I not only don't care if I lose it, but couldn't tell you the name of the author or her book. Naturally, it rarely slips out of the spiral, and when lost, is always found again.For example...has anyone here ever bought a book because you got a PEN with the author's name on it?