Press Release: HarperCollins Publishers Launches Ecommerce Program for Authors
HarperCollins Publishers Launches Ecommerce Program for Authors Additional Royalty for Sales through HarperCollins Platform First Publisher to Pay Higher Royalties for Direct Ecommerce Sales
%0D%0A"While%20our%20first%20priority%20is%20to%20sell%20books%20through%20as%20many%20different%20retail%20channels%20as%20possible,%20we%20are%20pleased%20to%20provide%20this%20platform%20for%20our%20authors%20who%20want%20to%20sell%20directly.%20Our%20authors%20can%20also%20be%20certain%20that%20their%20books%20will%20always%20be%20available%20to%20consumers%20through%20HarperCollins,%20even%20if%20they%20are%20difficult%20to%20find%20or%20experiencing%20shipping%20delays%20elsewhere,"%20said%20Brian%20Murray,%20President%20and%20CEO%20of%20HarperCollins%20Publishers.%20"Since%20we%20view%20this%20program%20as%20both%20a%20service%20to%20our%20authors%20and%20a%20partnership%20with%20them,%20those%20who%20participate%20will%20receive%20additional%20earnings."
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%0D%0AThe%20e-commerce%20program%20will%20start%20in%20the%20U.S.%20and%20roll%20out%20to%20other%20HarperCollins%20divisions%20over%20the%20coming%20months.%20Royalties%20will%20be%20paid%20through%20the%20royalty%20system%20and%20will%20appear%20on%20an%20author's%20royalty%20statement.
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%0D%0AIn%20July,%20HarperCollins%20Publishers%20announced%20the%20launch%20of%20www.hc.com,%20a%20redesigned%20version%20of%20its%20website%20that%20includes%20the%20capability%20to%20sell%20print,%20e-books,%20and%20physical%20audio%20books%20directly%20to%20consumers.
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%0D%0AHarperCollins%20Publishers%20is%20the%20second%20largest%20consumer%20book%20publisher%20in%20the%20world,%20with%20operations%20in%2018%20countries.%20With%20nearly%20two%20hundred%20years%20of%20history%20and%20more%20than%2065%20unique%20imprints%20around%20the%20world,%20HarperCollins%20publishes%20approximately%2010,000%20new%20books%20every%20year,%20in%20over%2030%20languages,%20and%20has%20a%20print%20and%20digital%20catalog%20of%20more%20than%20200,000%20titles.%20Writing%20across%20dozens%20of%20genres,%20HarperCollins%20authors%20include%20winners%20of%20the%20Nobel%20Prize,%20the%20Pulitzer%20Prize,%20the%20National%20Book%20Award,%20the%20Newbery%20and%20Caldecott%20Medals,%20and%20the%20Man%20Booker%20Prize.%20HarperCollins,%20headquartered%20in%20New%20York,%20is%20a%20subsidiary%20of%20News%20Corp%20and%20can%20be%20visited%20online%20at%20corporate.HC.com.
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