Posted By EZ-E on 13 Apr 2009 11:53 AM
Anyone know the average printings per book for the Deathlands series?
Vic
EZ-E (vic),
That has always been Top Secret at GE. I was told that releasing that info was grounds for immediate firing. But that could have been b.s.--much of what I was told over the years turned out to be stinky.
GE used to give its authors royalty statements (they paid a token "royalty" to writers for hire). That stopped in 1996. I posted my last-ever royalty statement on
www.officialalanphilipson.com in Issue #5 of the newsletter, the Biz Buzz section. It's a click-to-view the statement. It gives you an idea of what kind of numbers used to be in play for GE books.
I kind of opened the door in that newsletter, hoping some of the other GE authors would offer more current information if they had it. But no one did. They probably don't know any more than I do.
One other thing, GE's book club used to represent a nice chunk of sales (at a higher rate per book because they are being retailed, not wholesaled through distributors). Way back when, the club had 25K members. Don't know what the membership is now. More Top Secret.
