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
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HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries. With nearly two hundred years of history and more than 65 unique imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year, in over 30 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins, headquartered in New York, is a subsidiary of News Corp and can be visited online at corporate.HC.com.
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%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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