Sentences with phrase «authors an advance against»

Most traditional publishers will give the author an advance against royalties.

The publisher pays for editing, cover art, and also (usually) pays the author an advance against royalties with royalties paid out to the author through the sale of the book to the general public.

There's also the fact that many houses offer indie authors an advance against royalties, which — even if an indie author is making more money by selling their book on their own — provides a certain level of long - term security.

Not exact matches

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The reason: because the publishing arrangement is a rev share, where authors are paid an advance against earnings, but they run into a situation where the expenses need to be covered and the more OR spends on marketing, the more money needs to be earned before all the expenses are covered — of course, naturally, the more money spent on marketing leads to more sales — so a balance must ultimately be struck.

There are variations of this model, such as advance against royalties or royalty - only, but the principle remains the same: the money flows toward the author.

But the contract also has royalty periods where a short time after the end of a certain period of time the author should get an accounting from the publisher of the numbers of books sold against the advance in that period of time.

What's funny is I see a lot of authors who are struggling along on one small advance per year, unable to quit day jobs — and these people are the ones digging their feet in hardest against these disruptive changes in the market.

Most trade publishers have traditionally paid their authors «advances against royalties earned.»

See other post about advances for YA authors and adult authors to better understand where New Adult fits and how the average advances stack up against each other.

The amount of the advance against royalties is based on many factors: the size of the publisher, the historical performance of similar books in the marketplace; the author's track record and author platform or both; and the topicality of the book.

What publishers and authors typically refer to as a «book advance» is an «advance against royalties.»

For the other 99.9 % of traditionally - published authors, advances are no more than a loan made against their own future royalties.

The payments these few megabestseller authors are receiving aren't really «advances against royalties» in the true sense at all.

The advance is the money stipulated in the contract that the author will receive against the sale of the actual books; anything sold... [Read more...]

A publisher invests in a writer not only by way of providing an advance against future earnings on the author's book (with no guarantee the book will earn anything) but also invests in staff time to:

4) Maybe giving away free books actually levels the playing field for indie authors when competing against ARC's (advance reader copies).

In addition to the specific terms the author and publisher have agreed upon for things like the type of book, the advance against royalty amount and the delivery date, the standard book contract encompasses a lengthy number of clauses covering important points in a book's life cycle and an author's livelihood.

Understanding the basics of royalties and advances (that is, advance payments against eventual royalties) is critical for any author.

Note: Authors receive an advance against royalties; as books sell, authors earn a percentage of sales for each copy sold (a royalty), which is applied against the advance they reAuthors receive an advance against royalties; as books sell, authors earn a percentage of sales for each copy sold (a royalty), which is applied against the advance they reauthors earn a percentage of sales for each copy sold (a royalty), which is applied against the advance they received.

Once the book is acquired, the author is often paid an advance against royalties to be earned once the book is published.

Well, royalties are charged against advances, and if the book doesn't «earn out» its advance (and most do not), then the author doesn't get another dime of royalty income.

«The campaign against the 1997 Kyoto global warming treaty waged by right - wing think tanks has been another area where corporate America has heavily invested in right - wing policy groups that advance its interest» noted author David Callahan in 1999.»