Hmm... you can either spend $ 4500 with no guarantee of ANY distribution [via Harlequin Horizons] = or = GET PAID $ 4000
in advances against royalties with guaranteed distribution [via a traditional publisher].
Not exact matches
Although the details of Comey's contract with Macmillan aren't public, most book contracts will give an
advance against royalties and then pay a set percentage of the book's list price outlined
in the contract.
pay to CONTRIBUTOR an
advance against future
royalties in the amount of $ 1.00 (one U.S. dollar) and other valuable consideration upon acceptance;
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.
One thing that should be included
in any trade publishing contract is an
advance against royalties.
As I understand it, these payments are usually applied
against the
advance, but since Libriomancer earned out pretty quickly, money for the book club, audio books, and UK deal just got bundled
in to the
royalties payment from DAW.
In return, you may get an
advance — which means they give you up - front money that is an
advance payment
against / toward future
royalties.
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.
The do not pay
advances against royalties, but if the book sells over 15,000 copies there is a great chance that they will decide to publish your book
in major bookstores and you will receive standard print
royalties.
The payments these few megabestseller authors are receiving aren't really «
advances against royalties»
in the true sense at all.
Instead, like that allowance, it is money paid
in advance against all future
royalties, and it must therefore be covered by
royalty revenue (i.e. earned out) before any new
royalty earnings are paid.
The do not pay
advances against royalties, but if the book sells over 15,000 copies there is a great chance that they will decide to publish your book
in print and help promote it to major bookstores all over the world.
In the past, if you were a solid writer with an interesting idea, you had a shot at getting a deal that would pay an
advance against royalties with a publisher that assumed all publishing costs.
Manuel from Ogden, Utah No, on the contrary, publishing houses will often give you money up front (it is known as an
advance payment
against royalties) for the rights to publish your work, and you will also be entitled to
royalties and other payments as negotiated
in your publishing contract.
They get paid an
advance against royalties, and
in the majority of cases (that eighty percent sounds optimistic) the
royalties will never remotely reach the level of that
advance.
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 livelihoo
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 livelihoo
in a book's life cycle and an author's livelihood.
And one of his first points is that the publisher takes a hit from the beginning,
in effect, by paying an
advance against royalties that may well not earn out.
These payments aren't really «
advances against royalties»
in the true sense at all.