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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Very few books each year earn out their advance.
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
And the majority of books do not make enough money to cover the initial advance, never mind proof reading, typesetting, formatting, publicizing, printing, didtribution costs etc.
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Why does everyone keep listing the obvious fiscal irresponsibility of the current advance system (on the part of corporate giants, anyway) in the plus column?