Ellora’s Cave: Willing to Share Your Royalty Timeline?

[deirdre]

It occurred to me that I’m really great at spreadsheets.

So what I’m asking for:

1. Date you received a check for a given royalty month. (Or “Never received” if that’s the answer.)
2. Date that check was postmarked, if available.
3. Date that check was dated, if available.

I don’t ask you:

1. Your legal name or pseudonym. If you’re willing to share your author pseudonym with me, I’d appreciate it (for authentication that you’re an EC author), but it’s not required.
2. How much the check was for.
3. What books sold how much.

My purpose in asking: I believe that checks have been slipping later over time based on reports of a limited set of people. I’d like to quantify that data into a chart.

Contact information

The spreadsheet’s available in three formats: .xslx for newer versions of Excel, .xls for older versions of Excel, and .numbers for Apple Numbers 5.0 (or later). Please email the spreadsheet to me at deirdre@deirdre.net.

Data Protection

To the extent the law permits (and it permits quite a bit here in California), I will protect my sources. There is always a small risk that this information will be subpoenaed. If so, I can likely provide the source files while still protecting anonymity.

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