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Originally Posted by MikeOxlittle
While you mention royalties you leave out advances?
In that case, authors are paid before they write the book, not during.
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But advances are an advance on royalties, so it doesn't change the overall amount of money that the author receives. The author won't get any royalties at all until the book's "earned" the amount of the advance (if there is an advance, and relatively few authors get one).