Counting the number of words in a book of several thousand words starts with the payment of the manuscript. The Journey to the West and other famous works such as A Dream of Red Mansions are not paid for thousands of words.
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Basic remuneration: one of the components of written remuneration, that is, according to the number of words and content quality of the manuscript, according to the unified remuneration standard stipulated by the state or the remuneration standard agreed in the publishing contract, the basic remuneration is calculated in units of several yuan per thousand words, and the layout is calculated in units of thousands of words, and if it is less than thousands of words, it is calculated in units of thousands of words.
There are usually three forms of remuneration.
1. Basic remuneration plus printing quantity. According to the number of words in the work, the author is paid a certain basic remuneration in units of thousands of words. Then, according to the number of copies of the book, the author is paid the remuneration for the number of copies of the book according to the proportion of 65438+ 0% of the basic remuneration. When a book is reprinted, only the number of copies is paid, and the basic remuneration is no longer paid.
For example, your work has 200,000 words, and the first edition has a print run of 6,543.8+0,000 copies, calculated by 50 yuan's 1,000 words.
Your remuneration for the first edition is: 200 * 50+200 * 50 *1%=10100 yuan.
Tip: If this payment method is adopted, the author can stipulate in the contract with the publishing house that 30-50% of the remuneration will be paid in advance when the work is delivered. Once the work is published, all remuneration should be paid within six months.
Attachment: Basic Salary Standard
(1) original works cost 30~ 100 yuan per thousand words.
(2) adapted works per thousand words 10~50 yuan.
(3) Compiled works are 3~ 10 yuan per thousand words.
(4) The translated works cost 20~80 yuan per thousand words.