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Originally Posted by Format C:
So, give some actual numbers!
A "fair amount" has got to be something between "not enough" and "too much".
So, in your opinion how much is, in pounds, a "fair amount" to be paid to Dan Brown for his work?
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I'd say that his royalty cut from sales of those books makes a decent approximation. We can argue whether the author should be getting this or that percentage from each sale, but that won't change the author's total take by more than a factor of 3 or 4 at the most. That difference matters to the author, of course, but it doesn't change the big picture much at all.
Remember that whatever royalty Dan Brown get for his (nearly unreadable IMHO) books came one purchase at a time from willing buyers in a more-or-less open market. Yeah, his publishers paid him an advance, but that just means they took a risk based on his past sales record. He could probably have negotiated for a higher royalty and lower advance if he so desired.
Xenophon