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A $65K advance, for an unknown author's first book? An author who's a "businessman" who considers himself a star because he's helped one of his client earn "20 grand" (!) that he wouldn't have otherwise?
Ok maybe I'm a curmudgeon and a snob, but seriously, this guy sounds deluded. Granted, I've been away from publishing for a looong time, but this strikes me as someone's fantasy gotten out of hand.
Oh, no doubt the industry needs a shake up to bring things to the forefront, but if the concept of waiting six weeks for the "immediate" advance or deposit for a job seems unreasonable enough to warrant that kind of rant, I'll venture to say the author hasn't done a lot of paid consulting for big corporations. Or medium sized ones either.
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