After N.K. Jemisin surprised people with her modest book advances as a part of the #PublishingPaidMe conversation — $40K for each book of Inheritance trilogy; $25K for each book of the Dreamblood trilogy; $25K for each book of the Broken Earth trilogy — we queried her publisher, Tim Holman, vp and publisher at Orbit. He said that they “wholeheartedly support the right of black writers to demand equality in the compensation for their work” and also said that the contract negotiations were “conducted in good faith and based on the circumstances at the time.” He went on, “The commercial – […]
