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Stan wrote:For those who are interested, there has been a denominational policies for decades that author earn the royalty income even if they write the books on 'office time'.

It is my opinion that many authors could not be authors if that was not true. We would have significantly less books otherwise. Many royalty checks aren't enough to cover many expenses.

When an author becomes well published, as those who are able to run successful businesses are aware, sometimes it is best to form a company to manage the various income and expenses related.

This was a recent hot top at one of the NAD fall meetings ( I was told, I was not there) it comes up every so often.

The Published Ellen G. White Writings - The Publishing Ministry, Chap. 21 - Writers and Royalties wrote:
Author Has an Individual Stewardship.-- In all our dealing with one another, God desires us carefully to guard the principle of personal responsibility to and dependence upon Him. It is a principle that should be especially kept in view by our publishing houses in their dealing with authors. {PM 230.3}

It has been urged by some that authors have no right to hold the stewardship of their own works; that they should give their works over to the control of the publishing house or of the conference; and that, beyond the expense involved in the production of the manuscript, they should claim no share of the profit; that this should be left with the conference or the publishing house, to be appropriated, as their judgment shall direct, to the various needs of the work. Thus the author's stewardship of his work would be wholly transferred from himself to others. . . . {PM 231.1}

The ability to write a book is, like every other talent, a gift from Him, for the improvement of which the possessor is accountable to God; and he is to invest the returns under His direction. Let it be borne in mind that it is not our own property which is entrusted to us for investment. If it were, we might claim discretionary power; we might shift our responsibility upon others, and leave our stewardship with them. But this cannot be, because the Lord has made us individually His stewards. We are responsible to invest this means ourselves. Our own hearts are to be sanctified; our hands are to have something to impart, as occasion demands, of the income that God entrusts to us. {PM 231.2}

It would be just as reasonable for the conference or the publishing house to assume control of the income which a brother receives from his houses or lands as to appropriate that which comes from the working of his brain. {PM 231.3}

Nor is there justice in the claim that, because a worker in the publishing house receives wages for his labor, his powers of body, mind, and soul belong wholly to the institution, and it has a right to all the productions of his pen. Outside the period of labor in the institution, the worker's time is under his own control, to use as he sees fit, so long as this use does not conflict with his duty to the institution. For that which he may produce in these hours, he is responsible to his own conscience and to God. {PM 231.4}

No greater dishonor can be shown to God than for one man to bring another man's talents under his absolute control. The evil is not obviated by the fact that the profits of the transaction are to be devoted to the cause of God. In such arrangements the man who allows his mind to be ruled by the mind of another is thus separated from God and exposed to temptation. In shifting the responsibility of his stewardship upon other men, and depending on their wisdom, he is placing man where God should be. Those who are seeking to bring about this shifting of responsibility are blinded as to the result of their action, but God has plainly set it before us. He says: "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." Jeremiah 17:5. {PM 231.5}

Let not authors be urged either to give away or to sell their right to the books they have written. Let them receive a just share of the profits of their work; then let them regard their means as a trust from God, to be administered according to the wisdom that He shall impart.--7T 176-178. (See also 5T 563-566; 7T 179-181.) {PM 232.1}

Hyacinth Andrews wrote:Then why are people so up in arms about Danny getting royalties?

Gailon Joy on Nov 17, 2008 wrote:

Artiste/Louetta Westphal on Nov 16, 2008 wrote: Can we have some more information regarding the allegations of the Amazing Facts leadership?

Get a list of those who left Amazing Facts in the period from 2006 to 2007 and conduct interviews. Did you know they have an air conditioned warehouse (I am told it was 23,000 sq ft) to inventory all the Batchelor writings from books to pamphlets? And did you know he has his own publishing company as well? Put 2 + 2 together and we have a story to be investigated. Particularly with regard to the relationships between Mountain Publishing and Amazing Facts...There is a story here and we will assume reformation will take place!!!

Stan wrote:So much done by some ( 3 different groups)
1- Some Nice Folks
2 - Gossip mongers
3 - Rumour mongers


Gave the impression that 3ABN should be run in a manner similar to a mom and pop operations.
I am not aware, and perhaps someone can correct me, that there was any that ran successful business of any size.

It is like they are saying "you need to run that the way I would"

Many of the folks that are on the BOD know how to make business work and grow.

I also doubt, if any of the 'concerned' were committed to the ministry with their dollars. Perhaps someone can show me where I am wrong there as well.

Just some random thoughts..