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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Publishers can still make a profit on books that don't earn-out their advance.
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Oh, certainly.
And an agent normally tries to negotiate an advance high enough that it won't earn out. More money up front for the author, bigger cut up front for the agent, and at least marginally higher incentive for the publisher to try to actually
sell the book.
But publishing a book is a bet, and the size of bet to place is on the publisher. If they bet wrong, blaming the author is at best disingenuous.
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Dennis