, 1888-05-03
TIE WRITER OF BOOKS.



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GfaIl -.ic ai'L'-, III Ec ln5 the pElEl-ese
Iio-L. - '--e ''.t''. t.' map give passes 10
lAe 'Ae-tte "u-rl Is Playing ms proLlc-
uoh "i'A5uI eIiil.inS s.ircct loss to either
ill' ili-'i-'--t OF A--li-''.i Il I.lsIc = ASG d
IafGi5 POP ati@P esn'-;i,l OF the seatS, but
tlle pd3-l4i--f OF p h1s-- REGARDS eacA vol
uilc 10 --tA So -A-t1 iot o-4 paper
ana IS NOS disposed 10 part Will one With
out the quld pro quo, as even selling for
junk adds just so much 10 the profits, and
there Is always 4 sale Tor old paper.
Each publishing house has form Of
| contract pecl!iar ID itself ~ its style and
p'lr1se9l25y, but the conditions arc gen
orally the same III TINS country. IL Eng
iJn't II IS not uncommon FOR authors and
/ lslpl5hefS TO bring out the works Of the
lj-iIier en- shares, equally dividing the
/ pi9ll5 ana expenses, but IN this country
it IS the rGle That the publishers issue the
work al jEe'r own risk and expense, pay
ing t.-e g.lE9r q royalty On conditions
naIed- The c--ci ClIerence in the con-
tracts o. the publishers IN this country is
| tIat J-la authors snail assign theIa the
llgat 10 ,s--c ont the copyright, or that
the -C-lgr Li-asglf shall hold it. IN either
! case tE--c : q .puiaLion 20 tho effect that
! IL at tho expiration Of a certain period,
| GcneraIytwo yaa-5 or five years, the pub
| fishers do not Gld the publication CT the
work profitable, they can discontinue, de-
stroy tho plates and sell the books on
! hand ct auction OF for old paper, ciying
the Gutaor the option Of buying both at
| cost pzice or f5r q deduction OF from 10 to
/ % per cent, tho copyright being assigned
| to him or rest1ead to him.
In both countries q stipulated number
! Of copies are given TO the author; any
| mere he can obtain under contract at tie
! trade or retail price. This number varies
| from six to twelve copies, on which il Is
/ stipulated no royalty IS to be paid, as also
! on the number distributed by the pub
| Usher in his discretion 10 the critics for
! review. IN come cases the publisher re-
! ssrves the right to czeupt from ROYALTY
! copies sent as samples to schools and in
| stitution5 which might need the work
! Statements are made to the aGther. .selni
annually and the amounb duo him raid
! four months Thereafter, and then if he
has been liberal in complyiT.g1,ith The ra- r.e
| quests from friends and Institutions. he
| finds to his di5uay that the credit bal
| Gnce5 the debit account and there IS moth
! ing coming to him. or IncvlaD thnt he is
| in debt to the publisher beyord tho six or
| twelve copies allowed him.
Adding the deduction in his ROYALTY on
the work, il sold, and its cost to him to
! the mail expenses, the liberal or consid-
| crate author can consume the PERCENTAGE
! coming TO him from the publisher by com
! plying with these requests. The account
/ he receives IS very explicit, and is divided
| into statements Of books on hand at tho
| last statement, books printed since the
last statement, volumes given away or
sold not subject to royalty and the bal
ance on hand Then follows a statement
! of the account with the author OF books
sold subject to royalty, sold subject to re-
duced royalty and sold to author. Every
copy Of the edition is accounted for. like
the seats in q theatre when r return IS
nadc TO the star. Editions, it nav he
stated, vary. Formerly an edition yycs
rcckoned ut 1000 copies. Many pul,Iisb-
CTS ISSUE =, 500 as IN edition, although the
edition really consists of the number of
copies cCnseCutiVcly printed, and nav
run as high as 10000. The authors roy
atty averages 10 per cent on the retail
prica.
Other clauses in the contract which may
interest tho reader provide that the cost
Of alterations in the type or plates after
l-le delivery Of the manuscript above $50
cTc charged to the author If made by hiI-,;
ti-gt no insurance on the work shall be
effected on joint account; that il the Dlates
or forms shall be rendered yalueless iy
fire or otherwise the publisher has the on
ton o reproduce them or surrender the
copyright; that no royalty is to be paid on
TIC author must share with the publisher