Oh, well, that's okay then.Well, she wasn't trying to break her mother's pelvis. After all, she was allegedly trying to kill the poor woman.
Oh, well, that's okay then.Well, she wasn't trying to break her mother's pelvis. After all, she was allegedly trying to kill the poor woman.
So if the Three Stooges happened to be out of town in...oh, I don't know...EUROPE, the new general partners would be left holding the bag, yes?General partners are jointly and severally liable for any debt or claim of the partnership. That means that a debt can be extracted from any general partner who can be brought before a given court for jurisdiction.
Sparhawk said:10 PA writers agree to buy books monthly as this thread suggests. 10 people do so teh first month. The average cost of a PA book is $20.00 for this models case.
10*10*$20.00 = $2,000.
less 8% due to rayalites assuming no one has exceeded the 2K sales threshold ($160.00) to various writers. PA takes in $1,840 in one month. Now lets assume that other PA writers adopt this and it equates to the same variables. PA nets $22,800 per annum on a base model of 10 writers buying ten books each. BUt let's get realistic and revamp the equation. we'll say thirty writers buy 3 PA books each month (seems more realistic).
33writers * 3 books each * $20.00 = $1,980 or $23,760 less $1900.8 in sales commissions to 33 writers. Each writer makes $57.58 while spending $60.00 at a net loss of $2.42.
I have always thought this motto was screwball. Isn't that what publishers are supposed to do? Pay their authors? This motto implies that other publishers don't pay their authors. The only other types of publishers that take money from the authors instead of the other way around are POD and vanity press houses. With their very motto PA says upfront that they aren't like the other vanity presses, they're different--implying that they pay their authors. Their very motto indicates exactly what they really are.Sparhawk said:I ask again in all humility that the motto of PA be examined. "We treat our Authors the old fashioned way... we pay them"
In other words, she effed that up, too.DaveKuzminski said:Well, she wasn't trying to break her mother's pelvis. After all, she was allegedly trying to kill the poor woman.
DaveKuzminski said:Okay, the math just doesn't work right for me. Why do you have 10*10*$20 since that would imply that each author is purchasing 10 books? Most of the PA writers won't have that much discretionary income to spend in that manner. They might fit in a single purchase each month, but they're trying to make sales of their own, not everyone elses.
I think all of the math needs to be gone over carefully because I can't figure out how a writer can spend $60 and make back $57.58 of it when we already know that the author gets only 8%.
Dang, beat me to it!akaa1a said:
Ed Williams said:That's Mary Carey, she ran for governor because of the publicity, and it definitely helped her out. Believe it or not, she seems to be a very nice young woman, a few months ago she sent me a complete set of her DVDs because I'd mentioned her in one of my columns. She also asked me to look her up if I ever get out to LA. Where were invites like this when I was twenty?
CaoPaux said:But, does anyone else get the impression that jck is stepping into CBM's shoes?
By golly, you're right. Heck, we're all writers, I'm betting that we could come up with a far better motto.Sparhawk said:I ask again in all humility that the motto of PA be examined. "We treat our Authors the old fashioned way... we pay them"
Whew, thank God you cleared that up, I was worried she was trying to do something serious to her!Well, she wasn't trying to break her mother's pelvis. After all, she was allegedly trying to kill the poor woman.
Actually Kev, I have already previewed them, I knew you and ZaZ might want to use them as instructional videos, so I went ahead and watched because I wanted to make sure they would help - they will.....If your not watching those DVD's, can I borrow them? And, can I go with you when you go to LA?
Can't we refer to it as "pickling" instead, something about the term "we're pickling PA" really appeals to me...Now, back to your bashing...
Ah ha! We have our Achille's Heel. Everyone should now reveal that they've moved to Outer Mongolia to get out of their contract. Boy, we know how PA hates having to mail books to authors who live outside the US, eh?DaveKuzminski said:Oh, one other thing. I also know that PA dropped an author like a hot potato after he revealed he was living in Japan. This might be a part of what I musing about.
MartyKay said:They want to sack a bunch of the editors. I don't think they have that many now, and from all the other commentary the ones they do have aren't professionals. Even so I've seen lots of comments on the PA boards about how long it takes for a book to come out, so these editors are probably flat out (running spell check in Word ).
Let's see now ... let' say they succeed beyond their wildest dreams, and EACH of 11,000 authors buys two books per month ... 22,000 one-book orders ... each ... month ... Question: how long before melt-down in PA-land?Ed Williams said:...yet another generation of PA authors excitedly discussing purchasing each other's books:
http://www.publishamerica.com/cgi-bin/pamessageboard/data/lounge/8555.htm
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No, no, no, Ed. It should be referred to as stirring the toxic pot. Yo, pass that POD Squad bong, willya?Ed Williams said:Can't we refer to it as "pickling" instead, something about the term "we're pickling PA" really appeals to me...
We girls do have a pretty good harmony going on but, dang, dude, who knew we were making goose bumps? Kumbaya, anyone?Ed Williams said:Lola, Sherry, I love it when y'all sing to me, it gets me goose bumpy all over...
What's the term for sausage making?Ed Williams said:Can't we refer to it as "pickling" instead, something about the term "we're pickling PA" really appeals to me...
underthecity said:Anyone visiting the PA site the first time should question that motto. Publishers are already supposed to pay their authors, and what exactly is "the old fashioned way?"