In other words, if publishers realize they are spending more money by
paying huge advances, as opposed to raising the royalty rate, they could have a change of heart.
What is it that makes a hit of the book the publisher
pays the huge advance on?
No one has ever suggested this — what has been said, and is true, is that self - pubs do not carry the vast overheads — New York premises, a lot of staff at NY wages, doing something... that has little bearing on and adds little value to the author's book, and a need to
pay huge advances — which may not be coming your way.
Publishing can not continue to
pay huge advances and guaranteed payouts to political darlings and Hollywood - types, giving them outrageous initial print runs without doing at least a simple market review first.
While small houses have neither the resources to
pay huge advances nor the marketing clout of a major publisher, they do enjoy a reputation for nurturing talent.
What I don't understand is why they continue to
pay huge advances for them when most of them undersell?
Not exact matches
Pay - per - click advertising has made
huge advances with a number of different targeting options available.
You can have your book professionally printed by Amazon's Createspace or other «print on demand» companies at virtually no charge, and never have to
pay huge sums to print up an
advance inventory that sits unsold and gathering mold in your basement.
But, in their greed for more, they kept
paying their best sellers more and more — and often these books didn't earn out — and then they would throw
huge advances at new authors who were supposed to be the next best thing.
Publishing has a long track record of books being contracted for,
huge advances being
paid and then the book flopping and not coming anywhere close to selling out the first print run.
Amazon has become, of course, a
huge presence in the book with, now
paying advances just like traditional publishing, as well as trying out print - on - demand books and of course the Kindle.
But understanding a bit about how authors are
paid — and what criteria publishers use to
pay an author a
huge advance — can help writers gain some insight into what the book bottom line can be.
And since 2008, the size of the
advances for traditional publishers have shrunk so much that there's really not a
huge incentive, because that
advance is basically
paying you pennies on the dollar.
Christine -
Advances are WAY down and after your agent and the tax man take their cut, as a debut novelist who doesn't have a
huge head of steam behind you (e.g., you're not a celebrity or otherwise famous for something), you can only expect to have enough of your
advance left to maybe
pay your rent or mortgage for a couple of months.
But while getting instant approval on a personal loan is a
huge advantage, making the loan
pay requires some careful consideration in
advance.
Getting my refund in
advance was a
huge relief because it helped me
pay some bills.
Imho, you would have to generate significant amount of reward eligible purchases with that additonal 50 cent points per $ 100 SPENDING to make it appear worthwhile the hassle of remembering (usually right) before December EACH YEAR to ask Rogers / Fido (other than towards Rogers / Fido store / stuff) for your
hUge cash payout as next January statement credit ONLY; thus finally getting back ~ all Fido / Rogers» 2.5 % FX fees you loaned /
paid them except FX fees Fido / Rogers bank keeps from any purchase returns / cancels / reversals, atm cash / cash
advance needs and any cash - like transactions (e.g., pre-
paid load, «lottery tickets, casino gaming chips») in «foreign currency» where you get zero / no rewards rebating them.
The possibility that a firm of litigation solicitors despite acting properly for a client in
advancing their interests could nonetheless end up being held liable to
pay a
huge costs order is unsurprisingly something which should sound alarm bells across the profession.