@jasondoroughauthor: The word royalties started with medieval kings who owned natural resources and charged a share for mining them. It later applied to the fees printers paid for royal publishing licenses, then shifted in the 1800s to the percentage authors received per book sold. Traditional rates are often 10 to 15 percent on hardcovers and lower on paperbacks, while indie ebook rates can be much higher. The name stuck because the idea of a share for the creator never went away. #WritingTips #BookTok #WritersOfTikTok #Publishing #Royalties

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