Authors share of contributions increasing
Might as well get this out quick: the percentage paid to authors from all listener contributions is, effective December 1, 2006, increasing from 50% to 75%.
Yeah, we rock.
Actually, those people putting in the sweat, blood and mic-time of making their books available in a free serialized version here on Podiobooks.com rock. And in a world where plenty of folks are constantly trying to take more and more away from the author, I want no confusion over which camp I’m in.
So starting yesterday, 25% of your contributions will be retained by the staff here at Podiobooks.com. Everything else goes right to the author. So if you haven’t donated… now you have an even better reason. Questions? Comments? A burning need to interview me? Get in touch with me. Evo at Podiobooks.com is the best way.
December 3rd, 2006 at 3:45 am
Wow, glad to hear it! No doubt you deserve 50% for everything you’ve done, but if you’re able to get by with two dimes and a nickel in the mean time, surely it will help attract more excellent authors to podiobooks.com….and hopefully the increased listeners and a > 25% increase in contributions will follow!
Truely wonderful news for everybody involved.
December 3rd, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I’m guessing you’re doing so well you’re in the black, which is fantastic for Podiobooks.Com, and for all of us authors! This is really, really great news.
December 3rd, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Heh. I wouldn’t go *that* far, Jonathan. We’re covering our server costs with the income from our site-side ad revenues, but not one of us on staff have drawn a salary — ever.
I want to get there, but I’d like to do it in ways that don’t cause us to take money out of the authors hands. So we’re working on that.
December 5th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Thanks for the hard work. Here’s to getting you folks a salary for your efforts in ’07.