The blog site of the Mystery Writers of America organization at has a fascinating tip of the hat to the 21st century practice of
E-publishing and their guidelines for approval of an E-publisher for membership
in the MWA Organization
http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=mwablog . Amazon
qualifies, under the revised guideline “During the preceding year, the publisher must have paid a
minimum of $1,000, in advances and/or royalties, to at least five authors with
no financial or ownership interest in the company. Payment must be in monies,
not in barter for advertising or copies of books.”
E-books, themselves,
won’t qualify their authors for membership, at least not yet.
