From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:46:20 -0500

True, but even for book authors, contracts usually specify that no
payment is to be made until some minimum has been reached, such as
$50, so checks generally are not cut for very small amounts and sent
every year. And if the minimum is never reached, no check goes out at
all.

Sandy Thatcher


> From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:01:28 -0400
>
> In fairness (or grant you, unfairness) it is not difficult to invoice
> the author of a newly submitted journal article author for page
> charges, color figure charges, reprint charges.  You have their
> address easily in hand.
>
> It (was, in my day) another matter to track down authors 2, 5, or 7 or
> more years down the pike to supply a check.   They have very likely
> changed addresses multiple times.   Even nowadays if you try googling
> an academic, their can be awfully difficult to track down.
>
>
> On 4/11/13 7:03 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
>>  From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
>>  Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:02:58 +0100
>>
>>  Although interestingly publishers over the last 100 years have managed
>>  to track 'small' payments from authors (page charges, colour figure
>>  charges, reprint charges, etc).
>>
>>  David