HarperCollins AI training licence fee actually paid to one author for one nonfiction backlist title (Writing Without Bullshit, 2016): three-year opt-in licence, author signed and received a cheque about a month later
$2,500 per title (author's share of the per-title fee, before the agent's 15%)
Dated 15 Apr 2025Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
In the source's own words
“I signed the contract and a month or so later I got the check you see here. ... The amount for the license is $2,500; as with all other payments from the publisher to me, the agent takes 15%.”
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- $2,750 per book or titleText and archives, sales that happened, per book or title
- $881 to $3,082 per book or titlePublic prices for text