SUBJECT: Having Your Ebook Ghostwritten Lesson 21 of 50: Getting Paid For Work Done

Hi {!firstname_fix},

On Elance and Guru, most eBooks are outsourced
for a flat fee. When I say flat fee, I'm talking
about the money you offer to pay the ghostwriter
(as opposed to the various percentages and fees
taken by the database site). If you choose to,
you may, in addition to the flat fee, offer a
ghostwriter a per-sale percentage. This is a
good-hearted thing to do, since the writer
created the work. Even ghostwriters have to live.
You are never under any obligation, and most
eBook owners don't offer percentages to their
ghostwriters.

You will be required to use the payment
processors on the sites, so that they can take
the appropriate percentages, and also so that the
writer is somewhat guaranteed to receive proper
payment. For example, on Guru, some writers may
opt only to receive payments through an escrow
plan. By doing so, they require that their
clients have the payment available in full in an
escrow account. Although actually payment is not
transferred until agreed terms are met, the money
is sitting in the account, to be paid upon
completion. Having the money sitting in escrow
builds a writer's trust in your ability to pay.

You also may if you wish offer credit to your
ghostwriter in your eBook. It's occasionally a
common practice with paper books, and you may do
the same in your eBook. 

I recommend it, because it's a nice thing to do
and will please a good writer who you want to
remain on good terms with. Here's how you do it
without flat-out telling readers your book was
ghostwritten. 

1) Thank them by name in an acknowledgements
paragraph. Don't mention what exactly you're
thanking them for. Your acknowledgements
paragraph can be in a foreward, and introduction,
or near the end of the eBook.

2) Include the ghostwriter name in the byline in
an inconspicuous location in the beginning of
your eBook. Don't do this on the cover or in your
web sales ad, and don't make it prominent. In
small print underneath "by" Your Name, include
the phrase "with Gary Ghostwriter."

3) Instead of using "with," use "as told by." 

I wouldn't go as far as to say that giving
partial credit is a universal practice,
especially with eBooks, but it is done, so you
might want to think about it. I do it sometimes,
but not all the time with eBook ghostwriters. I
decide based on the quality of their work, the
possibility of follow-on eBooks, and whether or
not the readership would be compromised in any
way. 

Here's why I'm telling you the partial credit
stuff: even though it's something you can offer
that is often considered as good as compensation,
I do not recommend that you offer it outright on
the database sites. Regardless of what other
advertisers are offering, only offer partial
credit if the final product warrants it. I
implement partial credit on a case by case basis,
and never offer it to an unknown writer up front. 

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