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Originally Posted by Zane
I don't know how common these sort of stipulations are, but all I can say is ouch! Somehow a fixed percentage of profits would strike me as being more fair, even if they're collected up front.
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I know a few small press publishers who think these are great terms.
A fixed percentage of profit is almost always unfair at either extreme... a runaway success means Chaosium gets paid a disproportionate amount of money, and a trickle of sales means that the publisher is having to send minuscule checks on a regular basis - generally less than the effort of determining the profit margin and sending the check is worth.