I guess I'm also used to hearing contract stuff, as my mother always talks to me about contract stuff on my father's non-fiction work. It's very helpful to see how little is negotiable for a FTN, as my mother has quite a bit of clout on my father's work.
Non-fiction is different <g>. Depending on what your father's writing, it usually costs more to get someone to write non-fiction because -- I think I've mentioned this elsewhere -- anyone who is expert is in theory expert because they're already getting paid. And publishers are in competition with other people who are doing the paying.
Which would mean that the leverage would be more on the side of the non-fiction person and less on the side of the Publisher if the author had a proven record.
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Date: 2004-09-17 08:22 am (UTC)Non-fiction is different <g>. Depending on what your father's writing, it usually costs more to get someone to write non-fiction because -- I think I've mentioned this elsewhere -- anyone who is expert is in theory expert because they're already getting paid. And publishers are in competition with other people who are doing the paying.
Which would mean that the leverage would be more on the side of the non-fiction person and less on the side of the Publisher if the author had a proven record.