A right royal battle.

The article discusses the royalties imposed on electronic books in the U.S. Random House chief executive officer (CEO) Gail Rebuck proposed a royalty of 15% of net receipts on digital sales. Producing e-books still has many of the costs associated with print publishing such as advances, editorial, s...

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Published in:Bookseller no. 5328; pp. 30 - 32
Main Author: Tivnan, Tom
Format: Article
Published: Bookseller Media Ltd 4/18/2008
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