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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Having actually read the first Wool, I can tell you it is not just chapters but a complete story in itself. I read it for the sole purpose of finding out how it was written.
As per the advances: how long did it take Scalzi's book to earn out or did it?
Now as to your top hundred indies, yes there have been a few. There are also indie New York Times and USA today bestsellers.
Would you like a list of 6 figure indies?
I can think of several in numerous genres.
Blake, Crouch, Ward, R Brown, H Ward, a couple of Joe's and the list goes on.
I know one indie that is now co-authoring with a traditional author. He made the WSJ list.
Another had a TV series on Fox.
Now silly question, does advance money spend better than other money?
I don't get the difference. Other than the timing of the paycheck.
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Authors like advances for a number of reasons. First, it's sure money. If you don't earn out, you don't have to pay it back. Lot's of people like the idea of surety. Second, an advance allows an author time to do the work needed to produce a quality work. Some authors are known for generating lots of words quickly. Asimov was well known as a very prolific author. Other authors take a long time to write a book. Example, Tolkien took 12 years to write Lord of the Rings (1937 to 1949) with the book finally being published in 1954. Basically, an advance allows the author to not worry about the day to day bills and focus on writing.