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An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a Book , story, article or the like. This can be short or long, fiction or nonfiction, Poetry or prose, technical or Literature . Within Copyright Law the term "author" is often used for the creator of any work, be it written, painted, sculptured, music, a photograph or a film. ROLE IN CRITICAL THEORY One key issue in Literary Theory is the relationship between the meaning of a literary Text and its author's conscious intent.
SOME HISTORICAL FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS -Publishers could purchase a Copyright from the author. They would then assume all the risk of publication, and the author would lose complete control. This was common in the UK in the nineteenth century. -Publishers could commission writing from an author for a fixed fee. The agreement may or may not have included the possibility of further payment if the work was reprinted or reissued. -Shared- or Half-Profits: Publishers and authors would share profits (not necessarily in a half-half division) after production expenses had been paid off. This occurred in British Publishing in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; they were widespread in the US, beginning in the 1830s. - Royalties : Publishers covered all expenses of publications, and the author was paid a percentage (calculated on a wholesale or a retail price) or fixed amount, on each book sold. Publishers, at times, reduced the risk of this type of arrangement, by agreeing only to pay this after a certain among of copies had sold. In Canada this practice occurred during the 1890s, but was not commonplace until the 1920s. -Commissioned: Publishers made publication arrangments, and authors covered all expenses (today the practice of authors paying for their publications is often called Vanity Publishing , and is looked down upon by many publishers, even though it may have been a common and accepted practice in the past). Publishers would receive a percentage on the sale of every copy of a book, and the author would receive the rest of the money made. SEE ALSO |
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