what royalty do I get on the heron book

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3% of net receipts on every copy sold after the first 4,000, accounted twice a year (by March 31 and September 30). Also 20% of what the publisher receives from merchandise licences and 25% from translation rights that include the illustrations. The rate is only in the signed contract, which is a scan with no text in it; his notes say only that the royalty starts after 4,000 copies.

3%

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heron contract signed Document · saved Mar 28, 2026

name	heron contract signed
created	2026-03-28

File: documents/heron-contract.pdf

Pilcrow book contract, w/ Sam's list. questions for Odette: Note · saved Mar 25, 2026

date	2026-03-25 20:15
body	Pilcrow book contract, w/ Sam's list. questions for Odette: 1. originals: says… Pilcrow book contract, w/ Sam's list. questions for Odette: 1. originals: says I keep them. good. there are no originals, it's digital + ink scans. do they want the ink sheets? (no, mine) 2. royalty only starts after 4,000 copies. is 4,000 the first printing? (yes) 3. kill fee is there, 50% of the stage we're in. ok 4. "final art due november 20, 2026": is that all spreads or can the cover come later? (all. cover too. endpapers too) 5. my name on the cover, same size as the author's? (yes) 6. can I sell prints from the book? (after publication, up to a limit) 7. what if Liesl changes the text after I've drawn it? (one round of text changes after sketches, then it's locked) signing saturday at their office.

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2026-03-25 20:15

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Pilcrow book contract, w/ Sam's list. questions for Odette: 1. originals: says…

Pilcrow book contract, w/ Sam's list. questions for Odette:
1. originals: says I keep them. good. there are no originals, it's digital + ink scans. do they want the ink sheets? (no, mine)
2. royalty only starts after 4,000 copies. is 4,000 the first printing? (yes)
3. kill fee is there, 50% of the stage we're in. ok
4. "final art due november 20, 2026": is that all spreads or can the cover come later? (all. cover too. endpapers too)
5. my name on the cover, same size as the author's? (yes)
6. can I sell prints from the book? (after publication, up to a limit)
7. what if Liesl changes the text after I've drawn it? (one round of text changes after sketches, then it's locked)
signing saturday at their office.

ODETTE CALLED. writing fast. Note · saved Mar 24, 2026

Whose: Odette Marchetti (note_subject)

about	odette
date	2026-03-24 11:50
body	ODETTE CALLED. writing fast. Pilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their seco… ODETTE CALLED. writing fast. Pilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their second ever, and she wants me to illustrate it. whole thing. 32 pages. - title: Grandfather Heron Counts the Ice. author Liesl Aamodt, retired teacher from up north, first book - it's about a girl and her grandfather who watch a lake every spring for the day the ice goes out. he keeps a notebook of the dates. there's a heron that comes back the same week every year - (I said "my grandfather counted things" out loud, on a work call, and she was quiet and then said "I know. I read your zine. that's why I'm calling you.") - fee: 8,500. three payments: 2,500 on signing, 3,000 when sketches are approved, 3,000 on final art - plus a royalty after the first printing sells, she'll put the number in the contract - schedule: sketches mid-june, final art nov 20, book out fall 2027 - she knows I haven't done a book. "you've done eleven things for me and been late on none" - contract coming tomorrow. she said take it to someone before signing. I'm taking it to Sam I said yes on the phone and then said "I mean, I'd like to see the contract" and she laughed

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odette

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2026-03-24 11:50

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ODETTE CALLED. writing fast. Pilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their seco…

ODETTE CALLED. writing fast.
Pilcrow & Pine is doing a PICTURE BOOK, their second ever, and she wants me to illustrate it. whole thing. 32 pages.
- title: Grandfather Heron Counts the Ice. author Liesl Aamodt, retired teacher from up north, first book
- it's about a girl and her grandfather who watch a lake every spring for the day the ice goes out. he keeps a notebook of the dates. there's a heron that comes back the same week every year
- (I said "my grandfather counted things" out loud, on a work call, and she was quiet and then said "I know. I read your zine. that's why I'm calling you.")
- fee: 8,500. three payments: 2,500 on signing, 3,000 when sketches are approved, 3,000 on final art
- plus a royalty after the first printing sells, she'll put the number in the contract
- schedule: sketches mid-june, final art nov 20, book out fall 2027
- she knows I haven't done a book. "you've done eleven things for me and been late on none"
- contract coming tomorrow. she said take it to someone before signing. I'm taking it to Sam
I said yes on the phone and then said "I mean, I'd like to see the contract" and she laughed

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only_in_file Only inside files. The lease, nine pages: the late fee ($50 after the 5th, section 6), the returned-payment charge ($30), the lockout charge ($75, section 29), the 21-day deposit return (section 8), early termination (60 days' notice to a month end plus one month's rent, section 36) and the year the building was built (Addendum C). The $9,850.00 on the Pilcrow 1099 and the tax withheld on the W-2 ($1,204.18 federal), both boxed substitute forms. The royalty (3% after 4,000 copies) and the print limits in the book contract. The date Miso was spayed and her shelter shots. What Gail wrote by hand on the 2026 renewal. The renters policy number and limits. Also only on a picture: the old address on the Minnesota license. Miso's microchip number is in two files and no note.

only_in_file Hard files that can still be read. The book contract (documents/heron-contract.pdf) is a scan with no text layer: the royalty has to be read off the picture. The adoption agreement (documents/miso-adoption.jpg) is a faint copy: the spay date and the microchip number are pale but legible, and the microchip is also on the vet's summary, which is clean. The renewal letter carries handwriting: Gail's remark about taxes and a P.S. that Rolf would free the north window in April 2026, which no note repeats and which later notes show did not happen.