The sleeping shelf
The Backlist Rite
Most authors do not have one book. They have a shelf of them, sleeping — finished, paid for in years of work, and earning nothing. The Rite wakes the whole shelf at once, under one charter and one schedule, with one voice and one look across every title so book five never sounds like a stranger to book one.
- — One charter, one schedule, one voice and one look across the whole shelf.
- — The set rate falls as the shelf grows — three titles, five titles, eight and beyond.
- — Titles are forged in the order you name them, and each is delivered as it is finished.
- — Half opens the Rite; the balance falls when the last title stands.
- — A set rate is not a Boon. It never stacks with one, and it is never negotiated.
The set rate
- Three or four titles — 8% off the shelf
- Five to seven titles — 12% off the shelf
- Eight titles or more — 15% off the shelf
The shelf
At least 3 titles, at most 20. Each title must be 5,000 words or more. Name them in the order you want them forged.
The reckoning
- Titles on the shelf
- 0
- Words in all
- 0
- One title at a time
- $0
- Set rate
- −$0
- The Rite
- $0
