That's not usually the deal that publishers make, but they did to get her. She won the case because her contract specifically said that she didn't have to turn in an acceptable manuscript. They wanted Joan Collins to cover the cost, but she refused, so they took her to court. were a mess so the publisher had to hire a ghost writer to fix them. For instance, Joan Collins was given a deal to write some novels, due to her celebrity as an actress and her sister, Jackie Collins, being a bestselling novelist. (This includes prominent people who self-published with a ghost writer in print and/or now electronically.) In rare cases the publisher may pay the ghost writer as part of the deal. Usually the prominent person pays the ghost writer, either out of their own pocket or from their advance and royalties from a deal with a publisher, if any. The prominent person's name goes on the book as the sole author and the writer for hire has no stake in the copyright of the book. The most common use of ghost writing is when a prominent person with money, mostly for non-fiction but sometimes for fiction, such as a celebrity actor, business CEO or expert in some field, wants to do a book of some kind and pays a ghost writer to prepare the actual text (sometimes also doing research, etc.) which the prominent person oversees and adjusts. Ghost writers may get a cut of royalties, or may simply get paid an agreed upon fee for their work, usually on delivery. When the writer for hire in the arrangement does not get an author or co-author credit in the author name of his or her choosing, it's called ghost writing, naturally. Okay, so there are all sorts of different arrangements for writers for hire, including ones where writers for hire get royalties and credits, etc.
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