> You should underline that the royalty rate you are talking about is NOT based on the cover prize! > It is based on distributor price, that's generally 50% of cover price.
Not true. Not in general, at least. Publishers I have worked with always payed royalties based on the cover price. I have never published technical books though, only academic texts.
It depends on what you mean by "updated." Many developers will only offer a paid *upgrade* to the new version. Case in point: Tiger broke the hyperpopular backup app Retrospect. The developer, Dantz, is only offering a costly upgrade path.
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> You should underline that the royalty rate you are talking about is NOT based on the cover prize!
> It is based on distributor price, that's generally 50% of cover price.
Not true. Not in general, at least. Publishers I have worked with always payed royalties based on the cover price.
I have never published technical books though, only academic texts.
S.
It depends on what you mean by "updated." Many developers will only offer a paid *upgrade* to the new version. Case in point: Tiger broke the hyperpopular backup app Retrospect. The developer, Dantz, is only offering a costly upgrade path.
I have decided not to switch to Tiger.
S.