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SimonRoyHughes

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A translator and editor of #NorwegianFolktales. A teacher. A Brit (nominally, after so many years) living in northern Norway. A human being.

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@SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe avatar SimonRoyHughes , to folklore group

Nice to see that Gramarye, the journal of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction at the University of Sussex, has made its archive openly available.

https://www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/portfolio/

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    My favourite illustration so far is this small study of Thorin, sulking on his throne.

    More about To e Jansson's illustrations here: https://tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolkien/

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    @tissek bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group Nope. I just bought the book.

    SimonRoyHughes OP ,
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    @osma bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group Tolkien availed himself of a good bit of retconning; The Hobbit was written as a children's story, which he later modified to fit with the more adult Lord of the Rings.

    @SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe avatar SimonRoyHughes , to random

    Let me see if I understand this correctly.

    The printing cost of my book is $10.78.

    The minimum list price allowed is $17.97, on which I earn nothing.

    takes $7.19 for itself.

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    Amazon KDP: printing cost: $10.78; list price: $17.97 (minimum allowed); 60% royalty: $0.00.
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    If I bump up the price to an arbitrary $25.00, the printing cost remains at $10.78.

    I would earn $4.22, which they claim is 60% of the royalty.

    The remaining 40% works out to be $2.81.

    pockets the aforementioned $7.19, then takes a 40% cut of the claimed royalty.

    takes $10.00 on a book that makes the author $4.22.

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    @SimonRoyHughes@thefolklore.cafe avatar SimonRoyHughes , to bookstodon group

    Ever tried to condense 500,000 words into 300?

    Do not want!

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