- hi; in rasfwr article, <fp9d0u$sic$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"James Nicoll" observed:
>In article
> <a7b53705-8a64-476b-b355-3f149613ad28@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <apocalypticstories@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> snip
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>>Payment will be one contributor's copy, plus $0.01/word (USD) based on
>
> If I haven't forgotten my CPI for the last 80 years, that's
something >like 1/15th the rate Astounding used to offer, 60 years ago
(and about 1/8th >what their competitors offered). That's a pretty
apocalyptic decline in rates.
- galaxy & asf step-by-step raised the going word-rate
to the sort of level you imply, but that was for first
publication rights, not for subsequent anthologisation.
- i've no idea what the top going rates for reprinting
stories in the established annual "best ofs" may now be,
but they would be the equivalent comparison - and there
could be quite a wide range going down to "best ofs" by
rather smaller publishers with lower likely sales.
- so yes, it's not a princely rate being offered, but
nor is it represented to be the major part of the earn-
ings, nor the main financial reason for writing a story.
- love, a ppint. happy to have even half a shop open again
[please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g",
should you wish to cc. to, or email, me]
--
"With blue cheese, there's no guilt."
- tamar on afp, 16/10/98 (10/16/98 for merkins)
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