2. There are three main payment methods:
A, thousands of words, a one-time payment, book reprint don't need to pay the author's fee. Generally, 30 yuan/qianzi -50 yuan/qianzi is compiled, but there are a few, and the original will be higher, possibly reaching 100 yuan/qianzi -200 yuan/qianzi.
B royalty shall be paid according to the circulation, and the calculation formula is: pricing * sales volume * royalty; Royalties are generally 7%-8%, and there are more than a dozen books, especially textbooks; Please note that royalties are also related to sales. Therefore, when considering royalties, we should also consider the sales difference.
C, combined with the situation, first pay a part of the manuscript fee in one lump sum, and then pay it in the form of royalties.
3. Some textbooks also need funding to be published;
4, monograph publishing:
The circulation of monographs is small, and funds are needed to make up for the loss of publication. The publishing fund can be raised in various forms, such as applying for the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Science and Technology Works Publishing Fund, the Huaxia Cai Ying Academic Publishing Fund, the China Academy of Sciences Publishing Fund, the provincial and ministerial publishing fund, the school works publishing fund, the self-owned research fund and raising funds from other units or organizations.
There is no contribution fee for general monographs, and some of them are paid. The specific situation is agreed with the publishing house.
For monograph publishing, different publishers have different requirements on publishing conditions and funding costs, and funding costs are generally related to the number of words. For example, it is about 250,000 words, and the cost of the work ranges from 1.8 million to 60,000.
Different publishers have different influences on authors. The author should choose a publishing house according to the academic value of the book, the unit where he works, the requirements and recognition of provincial proofreading publishing houses, the amount of self-raised funds and other factors.
5. Popular science books generally pay more attention to the comprehensive factors such as the influence of the author and the selling point of the book.
6. Please note that all publications that can be distributed in the Mainland have ISBN, and the latest publishing houses in Chinese mainland all start with 978-, which is different from electronic publications and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan publications. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreign publications can only be distributed in the Mainland with the consent of relevant departments; Provincial, municipal and university titles generally do not recognize Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan publications and electronic publications.