You know, a publishing house that could
offer royalty advances, but might also require the author to pay some of the costs, up front, and to provide a pre-launch list of people (maybe a thousand or more) who have ordered advance copies of the book.
Tate Publishing offers no - investment contracts, contracts that pay
negotiated royalty advances, and refundable author investment contracts.
This
covers royalty advances, royalty reserves, royalty guarantees, royalty rate escalators, royalty rules, royalty statement formatting options and rights management functionality.
We listened and waited for the offer of
a royalty advance, [but] there was none.
But unlike KDP Select, where your «payment» comes in the form of certain promotion opportunities, Kindle Scout provides traditional publishing terms, specifically
a royalty advance and royalties over a five year term.
Wideman decided against a traditional publishing contract — and
royalty advance — for Briefs because he wanted more control over the publishing process and to develop a more direct connection with his readers.
Although the story is an improvement over Splinter Cell's (with some great named actors doing the voiceovers to great effect), it's hard to imagine Tom Clancy himself had too much to do with it other than banking
the royalty advance.