On the matter of late royalties
I have no dog in this hunt, but I'm getting really tired of publishers spooning out this particular piece of bullsh*t to authors.
There is NEVER an excuse for authors' royalties to be paid late by any publisher, regardless of whether the publisher is small, medium, or large. The authors' royalties are not income belonging to the publisher at any stage of the process, and thus should never be used for any purpose other than paying the authors.
Author royalties belong exclusively to the authors the nanosecond the money is received by the publisher from the vendors. Bad cash flow at a publisher should impact every other aspect of the business EXCEPT for author royalties, because this money never belongs to the publisher in the first place.
I also can't speak to issues of late royalties, etc., other than to point out that with any small press publisher cash flow is naturally an issue, and that on most occasions when payments have been late the author has been informed beforehand. I'm not saying this as an ideal situation, but I am stating this as a business reality, and anyone who has any extensive experience of working with small presses will understand this.
I have no dog in this hunt, but I'm getting really tired of publishers spooning out this particular piece of bullsh*t to authors.
There is NEVER an excuse for authors' royalties to be paid late by any publisher, regardless of whether the publisher is small, medium, or large. The authors' royalties are not income belonging to the publisher at any stage of the process, and thus should never be used for any purpose other than paying the authors.
Author royalties belong exclusively to the authors the nanosecond the money is received by the publisher from the vendors. Bad cash flow at a publisher should impact every other aspect of the business EXCEPT for author royalties, because this money never belongs to the publisher in the first place.