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Originally Posted by gweeks
Publishers give advances that they KNOW will never earn out all of the time. That's how big name authors get effective royalty rates higher than everyone else. The publisher gives them an advance at twice what they KNOW it will earn at the royalty rate to effectively double the royalty rate while telling the poor no-name author that he's getting the same royalty rate.
Greg
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I would be surprised if such a thing happens on a regular basis. Authors negotiate different royalty rates all the time, especially big name authors. Published don't need to go to the effort of paying an advance they know isn't going to earn out.