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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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.
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Yes, but isn't it typically worded to where the advance is against the portion of profits that are due to the author, and not against total profits, and worded that way specifically because the publishers do not wish to merely break even