The way it works is that when an author comes to me and I publish his book, my job is to get that book out into as many people's hands as possible, to promote the book, and to create awareness. When I sell the book, I pay royalties to the author. All of the publishing companies operate in the same way, so in this case, if I sell a copy of a book to you, revenue flows back to the author in the form of royalties.
On May 7th, 2018. See this statement in context.