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Q&A Do living authors still get paid royalties for their old work?

Minor point as I've met people who don't get this - authors and publishers are only paid for the new copies of their books. When you buy books from any kind of second-hand store, it's only the stor...

posted 5y ago by Andy Dent‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:44:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/47390
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Andy Dent‭ · 2019-12-08T12:44:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
Minor point as I've met people who don't get this - authors and publishers are only paid for the **new** copies of their books. When you buy books from any kind of second-hand store, it's only the store owner getting the money.

I came to the belated realisation that my years of finding old SF books in such stores wasn't helping authors and started buying e-books instead.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-18T16:41:42Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 21