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Originally Posted by EileenG
This is a Big Six publisher who have approached me and asked me to write an erotic novel that will blow 50 Shades away. They want it before the end of August, so it can be on the shelves before Christmas and are offering an advance of $5000.
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In the work-for-hire world this would be "in-line" lower than some, higher than others. But it also sends a single about how much promotion they really plan on putting behind it - if they want to ride the 50-shades they would have a big budget, and I would suspect a higher advance.
Advances are calculated based on expected earnings, so the fact they are offering such a low one doesn't tell me they are going to put a lot of marketing behind it.