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Old 12-04-2014, 10:17 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Funny how people want to talk about the extremes while pretending that must be the norm.

Authors, be they indie or traditional publishers, who pull in 6 to 7 figures on a book are very much the exception rather than the rule. A little research shows that the vast majority of authors who do get advances, get under 20K.
The topic was set by Publisher's Weekly.
Perhaps this is a foreshadowing of the new norm for the big five.
Sell big, or don't sell at all.
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