[SKRIVA] Re: [SKRIVA] Amerikansk sf-novellnätblaska betalar jordnötter
- From: Patrick Ogenstad <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:36:48 +0100
Härligt...
När det gäller att sälja noveller på detta vis till utlandet. Är det någon som
har koll på hur det fungerat med skatt på det man säljer?
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On 28 jan 2011, at 10:32, Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Vad skall man säga om det här? En nystartad amerikansk sf-novelltidskrift,
> "Scifi" Short stories - enbart att kalla sig "scifi" är betänkligt - tydligen
> nätbaserad, hade tänkt sig göra ägarna rika genom att betala peanutes.
> Novellförfattare får per novell furstliga...tre dollar! Ca 20 kr, alltså.
> Och redaktören man tänkt anställa får 30% av ev intäkter - nettointäkter,
> alltså.
>
> http://io9.com/5745275/is-sci-fi-short-stories-magazine-a-scam-or-your-standard-ripoff
>
> Ordföranden för författarorganisationen SFWA, John Scalzi, säger:
>
> "It's not even 30% of the royalties, it's 30% royalties on the net, which
> means a) editors don't get paid until the publishers meet their own costs and
> compensations, b) the publishers get to define when that point is.
> I don't think this is a binary choice between "scammy" or "normal"; I think
> it's just a couple of guys who want their own science fiction magazine being
> horribly, horribly cheap to the people who will actually do most of the work
> to make their property attractive, i.e., the editors and the contributors.
> The "We'll make money while everyone else works for next to nothing!" ethos
> is not exclusive to the Internet era, particularly in the science fiction
> genre, but the ease in which people can do things now does seem to encourage
> people to have grand business plans without thinking about funding them
> adequately, or compensating others more than laughably.
> It's certainly not a gig I would ever consider or would suggest others
> consider. It seems doubtful any real money is going to made here, and really,
> if you're not going to be paid for your work, you might as well work for
> yourself, volunteer your time to a non-profit like Strange Horizons, or put
> together a fun fanzine with your pals."
>
> --Ahrvid
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