>>107451779Namely Rebellion takes 90% of profits, revenue received.
And pass on a total of 10% to creators.
This compares with industry standard in France.
50% to publisher. 25% to writer. 25% to artist.
Let me give you a further example on a regular Rebellion book published by them:
Sláine: Warrior’s Dawn UK.
Rebellion revenue received £1941.50.
Total royalty to creators £194.
So I received £97.00 as the writer. And the artists on that book would have shared a further £97.
There’s also a further issue here.
In the Egmont days, although it wasn’t industry standard, their royalty payments were better and that’s why few of us complained. Because it takes time and energy and most writers and artists find the process of complaining as tedious and exhausting as I do. And some were scared to complain.
Even today some creators have told me they’re afraid to do so in case they are seen as ‘trouble makers’ and can’t get future work from Rebellion.
I don’t know if their fears are justified, but it’s what they believe and it’s time someone spoke out.
In the past, where Egmont is concerned, Ben has disputed my conclusion, claiming Rebellion as offering the same or better deal than its publishing predecessors
So I wrote to him on this subject, too. As follows:
In the past, you have confidently stated that Rebellion paid similar percentages to past publishers. So let me correct you here. These figures show it is not the case. Egmont and Maxwell percentages were definitely higher. They were far closer to industry standard which is – as you know – 50% to publisher. 25% to writer. 25% to artist.
Not 5% to writer. 5% to artist.
Ben did not comment.
Returning to the issue of the Ultimate Edition, Ben has said more about Ultimate sales in his latest letter to me. But as he may say this is commercially sensitive information I don’t think it is right for me to quote it here.