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Arranging for book royalties to be paid after your death involves making preparations within your estate planning now. UK and US copyright lasts for 70 years after the author's death, so to ensure your beneficiaries continue to receive royalty income during this time, your copyright needs to be recognised as a transferable asset. The simplest way to do this is to include it in your will by clearly naming who you wish to inherit your rights and royalties (e.g., spouse, children, a charity)....

If you are looking for a way to use print-on-demand services for your customers without paying big royalties, then Books.by may be your answer. Instead of charging for every book, like Amazon or Ingram Spark, Books.by funds its costs by charging an annual fee of $99, after which you keep 100% of your sales, minus print costs. You are given your own shopfront platform to customise as you wish, with its own URL to direct customers to from your website or social media pages. As your royalty...

If you publish a new book or edit an existing one, you will be asked at the time of uploading it if you have used AI to create the content. You will need to understand if you have used ‘AI-generated’ or ‘AI-assisted’ content and know exactly what is allowed. ‘AI-Generated’ means that your text, images or translations have been created by AI, even if you have edited them heavily later. You MUST disclose this when uploading your book and indicate the level of human editing that has been...