Sentences with phrase «paying advances against royalties»

However, publishers still have to buy the rights to a book no matter if that is an ebook or a print book — paying advances against royalties.

The publisher will pay you an advance against royalties, and once the advance is earned back, you will earn royalties on further sales.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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;

Traditional publishers assume all the risk; they pay the writer an advance against royalties and cover all the costs of marketing.

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].

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

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.

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.

Typically, an advance against royalties is paid upon the artist signing a contract, with the balance of payment coming after publication.

A serious publisher pays writers an up - front advance against royalties and then gambles they'll sell enough copies of a book to make a profit.