From TechCrunch: "Spines’ production plans, Niv said, start from about $1,200 and can go up to $5,000, depending on how many services an author is requesting. Users are given options for cover illustrations, but more options might come with higher costs. There is a professional on the team who gets involved as well, Niv said. There is also distribution membership, billed monthly, which starts at $19/month and can go up to $49/month, depending on where you would like to be distributed. Royalties on sales are split the same for everyone: Authors get 70% and Spines gets 30%. Niv said that this is a great improvement on other publishers, which typically give authors between 10% and 20% of sales. Lastly there is a management fee, which again varies depending on services rendered." So in addition to $1200-$5000, you also pay a monthly fee to have the books "distributed", PLUS a "management fee", PLUS they take 30% of your gross sales. Definitely a scam.
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Its been encouraging to see such widespread condemnation of this company. Or maybe it's just the bubble I exist in (likely)
Same on both counts!
From TechCrunch:
"Spines’ production plans, Niv said, start from about $1,200 and can go up to $5,000, depending on how many services an author is requesting. Users are given options for cover illustrations, but more options might come with higher costs. There is a professional on the team who gets involved as well, Niv said.
There is also distribution membership, billed monthly, which starts at $19/month and can go up to $49/month, depending on where you would like to be distributed. Royalties on sales are split the same for everyone: Authors get 70% and Spines gets 30%. Niv said that this is a great improvement on other publishers, which typically give authors between 10% and 20% of sales. Lastly there is a management fee, which again varies depending on services rendered."
So in addition to $1200-$5000, you also pay a monthly fee to have the books "distributed", PLUS a "management fee", PLUS they take 30% of your gross sales.
Definitely a scam.
It's even worse than I thought! Ugh!
ai is scary
Humans are still scarier, to me at least.