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This used to be in their intake literature--the stuff you got when you sent them an inquiry or a manuscript submission. However, that was when they were still describing their fees as being for production, and wanted writers to believe that their "investment" was just a fraction of the cost of publication.I'm told Tate justifies the $4000 by claiming they spend $20,000+ of their own money per title and are therefore recouping only a portion of their investment. I've not seen this in writing from Tate, so take that as the small-town gossip it might be.
I haven't seen their intake literature since they switched to describing their fees as publicist fees, so I don't know if they're still making this claim--but it wouldn't surprise me.
- Victoria