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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Most of it is the advances.
At a big pub, the author may demand (and get) a $300,000 advance. A small publisher's advance could be $100,000 or less.
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Can you elaborate on what you mean by small publisher, and what genres you refer to? From what I have heard in Italy, nonfiction authors typically get a $500-$1.000 advance from medium-small publishers, and consider themselves lucky. Good print runs are usually around 1,000 copies or more.