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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1901142" data-attributes="member: 707">There are two kinds of collections.  One is a collection of works from known masters, where each of the contributors names has draw to add to the sales of the book.  The "Legends" book anthologies, for instance, are comprised of the short stories of several best-selling authors.  Each author's fans will be enticed into buying the anthology, and possibly be exposed to other best-selling authors' works in the process.The second type is an anthology comprised of the works of authors who are relatively unknown and unacclaimed.  There are a billion poetry books out like this, as well as compilation novels.  When contributors to these kinds of books are paid (which is not always) it's a token fee.  Not the meat-and-potatoes kind of money the above best-sellers will demand for contributing to their books.So really, whether the lack of a fee is a deal-breaker should depend on where you an author sees himself in the industry right now.  If you see yourself as a name in your own right, you can reasonably be expected to be paid in something other than exposure.  If not, not.If Monte were doing a book with contributions from Sean K. Reynolds, Bruce Cordell, Chris Pramas, and Gary Gygax, no doubt they'd all be getting paid for their work.  They don't need any exposure.  Whether you do is up to you.</blockquote>