Author-Publisher Relations: Complex Contracts & Reduced Royalties

Author-Publisher Issues Persist

Practically 1,800 writers responded to the web set of questions posted between 24th and 10th February, double 2023’s respondent total amount. They stated contracts were still made complex, aristocracies were as well reduced and payments were far too late. The contentment rate stays higher at the agreement and development phase than at the promotion and audit stage.

These were 2 findings from the 10th measure of author-publisher connections, which was accomplished for the debt collection agency Scam and the authors culture Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL) and published specifically by Livres Hebdo on 8th April.

Screen Time vs. Book Reading

“All the signs are flashing red,” the CNL stated. The representative sample of 1,000 people of 15 years and older questioned on the telephone between last 21st January and fourth February revealed that screen-based leisure pursuits are increasingly preferred, to the detriment of publications, especially among the under 35s.

Independently, the most up to date biennial survey of French reading practices, executed by the polling agency Ipsos for the governmental National Book Centre (Centre National du Livre, CNL), paints a plain photo.

Decline in Bookshop Purchases

Sixty-three per cent of respondents stated they had checked out a minimum of 5 publications in the previous year, 4 % less than in 2023. They review fewer publications on paper but a majority of audio and digital versions. The survey likewise showed that purchases generally bookshops went down 7 percent in the last two years, since various other goods was not stocked.