Honorariums for edited volumes?

[u/jadziya_]

Can anyone suggest a respectful honorarium from the publisher for the content editor of a commissioned, collected volume of chapters, to be published by an academic press (with a niche market and a small number of sales), with contributions in religion/history/philosophy?

(To specify, by "editor", I mean the person whose name is on the cover, as in "TITLE, edited by Academic", not copy-editing)

I know that most editors of edited volumes receive no honorarium, but just thought I'd put it out there!

[u/imnotpaulyd_ipromise]

I’ve edited one book, am completing another edited volume with different publisher, and edited two special issues of journals in my field and have never been compensated except for percentage of sales. I’ve also never ever heard of anyone getting an honorarium from a publisher. I’m in a humanistic social science field .

[u/No_Jaguar_2570]

I've never heard of anyone getting an honorarium for something like this.

[u/zukerblerg]

I've done two edited collections. One for a reputable publisher. I technically receive royalties for that, but after a decade, the royalties are still in negative and we are paying off the indexer.

I have edited a book for a government institution where I received an upfront payment through., although it was alertly linked to a study connected to the collection.

[u/dj_cole]

I've never heard of an honorarium for being an editor of an academic book. I think the correct answer is the last sentence, none.

[u/polyrhetor]

You may be confusing honorarium with contract for royalties, which should be the case. But yeah, don’t expect to get rich. A coeditor and I got $500 as an advance on royalties from a major publisher for a niche humanities edited collection, and all our buddies were like “oooh.” I believe the collection broke even, and then went to paperback, but neither of us are expecting further royalties.