Negotiating Partnerships: Increase profits and reduce risks

Learn to see the opportunities and choose a different mode of payment

Down payments and royalties

Down payment, lump sum payments, and royalty are the usual types of payment for writers and inventors. Why don’t more people follow this example? The principle of a guaranteed flat fee plus a result-orientated remuneration is gaining more and more ground.

Example 1

A publishing house wants to publish our books in Sweden. No-one can tell in advance how many copies can be sold. In the course of our talks with the publishing house we repeatedly receive signals that seem to indicate that we are dealing with cautious people, and that costly new projects are not welcome.

While certainly hoping that the book will sell well, they wish to be prudent and ...