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Originally Posted by pwalker8
To an extent, I think you are trying to over analysis it. If the point is what's better, getting an advance and not getting an advance, then I think getting an advance is obviously better. If the question is can a specific author make more money as an indie or with a traditional publisher, then I would guess (and the key word is guess since there are so many variables) that it really depends on the author and how good he or she is at self promotion, how disciplined they are and how much hand holding they require to produce the book that hits the stores.
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Maybe I didn't make myself clear earlier. I'm curious to know whether or not current non-fiction advances are sufficient to pay an author's expenses while he/she writes and researches a book. Evidently they were once. I'd like to know if that's still the case. That's all.