Sentences with phrase «figure advance»

But yes, Big 5 publishers offered six figure advances for them.

I had dinner last night with a very bright young guy who scored a six - figure advance from a major publishing house for his nonfiction work - in - progress.

Are foreign rights royalties usually that low, and I should just figure the advance is probably all I'll ever get?

And if you want to read more about advances, here's my literary agent take on how advances for first - time authors and 6 figure advances work.

As in a chamber play, all the scenes seem to play out in the same space, although the cast changes and the age of the near life - sized female figures advances.

I don't know why it's any less vain to think your worth a publisher paying you a six figure advance for a novel.

The new publisher was to be Viking Press in New York, which paid Enright a four - figure advance against an 80,000 - word acceptable manuscript.

I turned down a five - figure advance on a book and traded it in for a much lower one — but it was print - only and I was more than willing to take a lower advance to keep my audio and ebook rights.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre spoke to GoodeReader about her recent seven - figure advance book deal with contemporary romance publisher Harlequin MIRA, who will handle the print editions of the eight books in Andre's award - winning Sullivans series.

First, she better get a mid-five figure advance or higher on that book.

Publishing Game author Fern Reiss has been offered six - figure advances for several of her books.

Other self - published authors who have recently been signed include: H.P. Mallory (six - figure advance from Random House), D.B. Henson (who was approached by agent Noah Lukeman --- that's right she did not query him... he queried her) whose Deed to Death sold at auction, Stephanie McAfee's Diary of a Mad Fat Girl, Jerry McGill's Dear Marcus, R.J. Jagger, and a book by Quentin Schultze & Bethany Kim.

Malcom — Even those six figure advances don't make you rich.

And as an author with what he says are five six - figure advances in his career so far, Bingham offers two programs — The Writers» Workshop and AgentHunter — both from his Oxfordshire base in the UK.

He figured the advance for Green and the production costs would be out of New Wave's reach.

It remains to be seen how they perform, when the publisher then has to pay out a six - figure advance and raise the price of the book.

It doesn't matter if you've got a six - figure advance or you're self - published and proudly referring to yourself as an «indie author.»

And then there were the agents and publishers, who tempted him with some very significant offers — we're talking seven - figure advances.

Unless you are getting offered at least a six figure advance (getting rare these days) you have ZERO clout in contract negotiations.

But most of them will never know what it's like to get a six - figure advance, because they're outsiders.

I have a traditionally published friend (Harper Collins, 6 - figure advances) who can't force himself to write.

The first in a trilogy, Maestra sold for a seven - figure advance and already has a Hollywood script in development.

Six - figure advances are rare and are only given to writers who have proven track records, but this is supposedly how traditional publishing operates.

They've gotten 6 - figure advances, been on the NY Times bestseller list, won countless awards, been licensed in 40 + countries, and been picked up for TV, stage, and feature film with companies like Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks (resulting in millions of books sold).

They've gotten 6 - figure advances, been on the NY Times bestseller list, won countless awards, been licensed in more than 40 countries, and been picked up for TV, stage, and feature film with companies like Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks (resulting in millions of books sold).

And even if you become a star, like Pay it Forward author Catherine Ryan Hyde, and get a movie deal and six - figure advances, you're not necessarily on the road to becoming a one - percenter.

The seven figure advances for début novelists that get splashed all over the news are very much the exception rather than the rule.

But 99 % of traditionally published authors aren't getting seven figure advances.

Mark's authors have gotten 6 - figure advances, been on the NY Times bestseller list, been licensed in more than 30 countries, and won national and international awards and honors.

There are individual contracts in place, so Amazon's offer seems interesting, but would require significant negotiating on the part of agents and Hachette to get addendum's in place (unless Hachette just said, «Sure, you don't have to earn back your 6 or 7 - figure advances.»).

Mark's authors have gotten 6 - figure advances, been on the NY Times bestseller list, and had their work picked up for TV, stage, and feature film with companies like Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks resulting in millions of books being sold.

Mark's authors have gotten 6 - figure advances, been on the NY Times bestseller list, won countless awards, been licensed in more than 30 countries, and had their work picked up for television, stage, and feature film.

We've all heard stories of six - figure advances and national exposure.

Mark's authors have gotten six - figure advances, been on the NY Times bestseller list, and had their work picked up for television, stage, and feature film.

My book marketing ideas have resulted in authors having their works being picked up for TV, stage, and feature film (with companies like Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks), 6 - figure advances, appearing on the NY Times bestseller list, licensing in more than 30 countries, and countless national / international awards and honors.

I'm a couple thousand bucks away from earning out my low five - figure advance.

St. Martin's Press just snatched up publishing rights for her next two books for an astounding eight - figure advance.

According to The New York Observer, Kantor got a seven - figure advance to write the book.