My museum is producing a monograph on the life and work of a regional folk artist. We will be paying all fees associated with the authorship of the text, editing of the text, photography, design and printing of the book. We will then turn the finished product to a distributor to store, promote and distribute the inventory to book retailers and individuals. This is a new situation for the Museum. How do we determine what to pay the distributor for their services? Is it a percentage of book sales? Or a flat fee based on the total production costs? Thank you, Marisa --------------------------------------------------- Marisa J. Pascucci Associate Curator of Paintings & Sculpture Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts One Museum Drive PO Box 230819 Montgomery, AL 36123-0819 334.244-5700 x1108 334.244-5774 fax [log in to unmask] www.mmfa.org Currently on view at the MMFA: Paintings by Jimmy Lee Sudduth Walker Evans and James Agee: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men William Christenberry: The Brownie Photographs January 15 thought March 27, 2005 Steuben Glass: Functional Fashion Through March 2006 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).