2006-09-09 20:31:34 · 12 answers · asked by galactic129 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Most writers get 10% of the retail price of the book, (less agents fees if they used one of those bloodsuckers!) They get paid only on the books that are sold. Unsold books may be returned to the publisher so the author has to wait to see how many come back.
Writers get paid usually every quarter, sometimes only three times a year.
Rowling has sold so many books that, although, the royalties are a small percentage, she made a lot of money.
Good autors, like her, can sometimes increase the royalty figure to 15%, maybe 16%. Not more than that though.
I don't know the value of film rights or merchandise.
I believe that Rowling used an agent (vampire) to sell her first book.
2006-09-10 02:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by chrchrbrt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-09 20:36:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jordan B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writers don't get very much royalty-wise, actually. It depends on the terms of the contract, but it's normally less than 20%, I believe.
Of course, when you consider the sheer volume of sales we're talking here...and I'm not sure on merchandising. But normally the writer gets a much larger cut when movie rights are sold--that's a one-shot deal, though; sell the rights and whoever has them gets the money from that point on.
2006-09-10 02:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She will get most from the books, but the films and merchandise, she wont get much, only the use of the name HP. The films rights were sold to WB, and so they make the most profits from the films.
2006-09-10 02:42:37 · answer #4 · answered by Seph7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably something around the lines of 60% or 70%.
2006-09-09 20:36:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the exact number, but all I know that she the riches one in the UK…and actually more even rich than her queen ….so I think she has got lot of money. Don't you think?
2006-09-09 20:36:59 · answer #6 · answered by hani h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think she gets any % now bec she sold all rights to Warner Bros - i think she must have gotten a lumpsome figure and WB is collecting the %s now..
2006-09-09 20:47:38 · answer #7 · answered by Arwen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Major dough.
2006-09-09 20:36:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enough to make her the richest woman in the UK!
2006-09-09 21:06:13 · answer #9 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No clue, but I'm pretty sure she damn rich by now.
2006-09-09 20:37:05 · answer #10 · answered by juju_63670 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋