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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PCIHenry" data-source="post: 7659363" data-attributes="member: 14863">Hello, With all due respect, I just don't understand what that would achieve. Whether the publishers who can't afford to pay X rate  vanish or not, those who you identify as the ones who can pay X rate are neither hindered or incentivized to pay a lower rate. So what does it matter if they remain or not? For example, I think it's doubtful that Paizo or WotC (the two highest paying publishers on the list) would care whether any other publisher is paying 0.1/word or would change their price structure because of it. I'm an attorney by trade and I see this as they taught us Contracts class - a "meeting of the minds" between the parties. Publisher A can offer X payment to which Writer B can either accept, counteroffer or reject. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head to accept a particular fee. AFAIAC  - that is not exploitative - that's just how business (and contacts) work. For the record: Paradigm Concepts (<a href="http://www.paradigmconcepts.com" target="_blank">www.paradigmconcepts.com</a>) pays a range of 0.01 to 0.05/word based on experience, length and subject matter. In the 14 years I've been publishing, I've had writers agree, negotiate and/or reject writing for us. Everyone is paid per the contact (30 days after acceptance, though I usually pay earlier than that) and I haven't heard anyone tell me they were being mistreated or exploited, (plus they usually come back for future projects). Bottom line - as long as the terms of the agreement are fully disclosed and both parties agree and perform their duties, I don't see how having more venues to write for is a bad thing.</blockquote>

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