Pat McKeague's Website
  • Home
  • Zoom Meetings
  • Blog
  • Presentations
  • About
  • Videos
  • Publications
  • Presentation Reviews

When did Authors Start Paying for Software?

5/14/2018

Comments

 
I know when I started paying for software.  It was in 2003.  No one announced it, I noticed its effect on my royalty statement.  It was one book that had a net price drop on the royalty statement of around $10, but the actual price of the book students bought had actually increased.  When I contacted the royalty department, they knew all about it.  They even had a name for it - Value Added.  If something was packaged with a book it fell under the category of Value Added.  The book became a package that included the book and software, quick start guides, and other items.  Each of the additional items were called Value Added, and each of the items was assigned a value. The textbook price became the price of the package, but royalties were only paid on the textbook portion of the package price. In other words, software was added an a Value Added item, but no royalties were paid on it.  I told them I never agreed to this and, to their credit, they corrected all the royalty statements. But I wonder how many other Cengage authors are unaware that this is a common practice with Cengage. And I wonder if this is happening across the board with the new Cengage Unlimited pricing model.

​
Comments

    Postings

    All the posts you see here have been, or will be, posted on my LinkedIn account. If you want to see them as they are released, follow me on LinkedIn: 

    ​Archives

    August 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    October 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    March 2019
    November 2018
    May 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Zoom Meetings
  • Blog
  • Presentations
  • About
  • Videos
  • Publications
  • Presentation Reviews