worth less than the paper they were printed on. However, if they are going to insist on paying royalties rather than a flat fee for anthologised stories,
---Some RR anthology editors have negotiated changes in the boilerplate anthology contract that have paid the contributors a slightly higher flat fee instead of an advance. I think I will do that for any future anthologies I may edit to avoid the issue of calculating per-rata royalties.
In case anybody cares, I can report that it is indeed possible to sell in excess of 5,000 copies of a single Ravenous Romance book in one year, via some of their lines. Not all of them, mind you, but some.