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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
2500 books is how many she needs to sell for the publisher to break even on the advance - presumably they hope she will sell many more, but that was all that they were willing to pay for up front.
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This is a common misconception.
The publisher should break even on the book even if fewer copies sell than are needed to meet the advance. That's because, in the general case, the publisher gets more revenue from each copy sold than the author does.