What one academic author received as his share when a small, ethical academic publisher licensed one of his monographs to an unnamed AI training company (opt-in by tick box, publisher keeps 50% of the total fee, buyer undisclosed under NDA)
£500 per title (author's cheque after the publisher's 50% cut, one-off)
Dated 24 Feb 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
In the source's own words
“And at the end of the year, I got a cheque for £500. The publisher took a 50% cut of the total fee”
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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