Sentences with phrase «figure advance book»

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.

Not exact matches

This excerpt is a taste of what you need to know to build a platform so a top New York Publishing House will consider you an author who deserves a six - figure book advance.

We know exactly what it takes to get a six - figure book advance.

In addition to relating details of some of the personal, sometimes quite extreme, interpersonal conflicts between some of the early figures in paleontology, the book also provides a good overview of how scientific estimates regarding the age of the earth and the development of life on earth have advanced over the last few centuries.

Doing so badly he had to lay off three girls... «Park Avenue,» a doc based on the best seller «740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building» gets a PBS airing Nov. 12... To hustle their nearly $ 4 mil advance for the new book by HBO «Girls» creator Lena Dunham, Random House figures they must sell 1 million copies.

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

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).

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Book advances have decreased as traditional publishers have tried to figure out how to remain profitable in the competitive climate with self - publishers gaining momentum.

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.

One author, who writes firefighting manuals, told me he has turned down multiple six - figure book advance offers because he couldn't make the math work.

No matter how generous those book advances seemed, the publishers simply could not compete with his per - book royalty figures.

Imagine that she'll have a print run of 8,000 copies (based on a number of authors I've talked to, this is about right — if you're getting more books printed than 8,000, and your advance is $ 3500, you're being seriously low - balled on the advance figure), and she'll sell 6,000 of those in the first year at 8 % of the cover price of $ 7.99, giving her $ 3835.20 in print earnings.

But isn't it nice to know that you won't be on the hook for that six - figure book advance you might get, if readers and / or the critics don't recognize your genius?

I do get extensive marketing for my books, but they have six - figure advances — most will not see these kinds of contracts.

Now, let's go back to the scenario where a first time author receives a six - figure book advance, but this time the book doesn't come close to earning back the advance.

Specifically, six - figure book advances for first - time authors, and the pros and cons of them.

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.

I'll write a winning book proposal, (many have resulted in six - figure advances for my clients) and I'll help you find the right literary agent to represent your book and the right publisher.

This technique has had notable successes lately, like propelling a book from obscurity to six - figure advances, and building pre-publication buzz and momentum.

The majority of authors will never receive that big book deal with a major publisher and gone are the days of the six - figure book advances for a debut author, but still, if your ultimate goal is to share a story with the world, if you put the time and effort into the craft of storytelling, you will find your audience.

Advance figures are often intentionally kept secret unless they set new record highs for debuts (Garth Risk Hallberg's $ 2 million deal for City On Fire) or if they become the stuff of legend because they were so abysmally low in comparison to how well the book ended up selling (Roxane Gay's mega-hit Bad Feminist sold for $ 15,000).

A freelance writer who has his pick of magazine assignments, he has just sold his first book to a major publisher for a six - figure advance.

I'm not sure how you're going to calculate royalties, as trad print bestsellers are not paid on the basis of royalty per book but by advance, which is usually sufficient to throw those per - book royalty figures out the window.

This column caused me to go check on my first trad published book — one that I got a very good advance for 11 years ago and pretty much figure I'll never see another penny from.

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.

I'm coaching an author with a 6 - figure advance; he can be pretty certain that there will be marketing muscle behind his book around release date.

Which brings us to the most important thing that you can do as an author: Figure out as far in advance as possible what your publisher's plans are for your book — but not in a confrontational way.

She added that the impressive sales numbers for the first six books of The Godling Chronicles series in both audiobook and ebook formats, and their sustained sales over the past four years, convinced Audible that even a six - figure advance was not much of a risk.

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

They figure out in concert with the publisher how many copies they think the book should sell (big authors with long track records are somewhat more predictable than the rest of the universe, which is one more reason their books are so desirable to the publishers) and get an advance that is equal to a startlingly high percentage of the revenue that sales level would produce.

My guess is, her books don't earn out the advances, so she's fearful of actual sales figures.

But when you consider that most books never earn out that advance according to publishers who never let you see actual sales figures, how do you know how much that book actually sold?

Unless you get a six - figure advance or something awfully close, there won't be reviews in major periodicals or radio interviews, or book tour.

Kelly Gallagher [00:12:06] Sure, again, for most authors that are starting out, again, unless you have a strong platform, or you have an agent, or you're being directly courted by a publishing house to write a book, the idea of an advance is not likely going to be in the cards for you, or if it is, it would be probably a small four figure number.

I \'ll write a winning book proposal, (many have resulted in six - figure advances for my clients) and I \'ll help you find the right literary agent to represent your book or the right publisher.»

In advance of your book's publication, figure out how you will be able to utilize your platform / s to best market your book.

The report has been attacked by critics who point out the figures don't include cash paid to authors as part of book advances.

When I got a six - figure book advance, my book was so unlikely to earn back the advance that it was not that fun to count sales — none of the money went to me.

They offered us money up front (confidentiality prohibits me from saying the amount)[RICK ADDS: But it certainly was NOT 5 or 6 figures], as an advance against the royalties the book was expected to earn.

These flights were booked so far in advance that we had no plans whatsoever for once we got to Europe, so now we had to figure out what cities to visit!

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A key figure in the art world for decades, Mr. Goodrich pursued his passion for advancing America's indigenous art, not only as director of the Whitney Museum, but as the author of many books on American art and artists, and as a frequent public spokesman on issues concerning the importance of the visual arts in America.

u make an interesting statement sally — the idea being that 1 in 1 trillion (which, you are correct, that figure was made up & not actual, the ACTUAL incidence is much much lower) that you had 4 children dieing from natural circumstances — now, to all the ppl who have their mind made up — just say that IS true, to have that happen, be living with all that grief, & then be put in gaol... surely with that thought in mind & this books new look at the case, kathy deserves just that — a new look, & with the advantage of almost 10 years of medical advances, etc...