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