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Originally Posted by The-eBook-Reader
Here's two posts about how much Lynn Viehl, an author with a book on the New York Times mass market bestseller list, has made off her bestseller, Twilight Fall.
http://www.genreality.net/the-realit...mes-bestseller
http://www.genreality.net/more-on-th...mes-bestseller
Long story short, her net profit after a year was about $25,000, with 89,142 total sales. And the publisher’s portion of sales on the book was around $453,840. She estimates about $250k net.
And it's not like this was her first novel or anything. It's the sixth in the series, and debuted on the Times mass market list at #19. |
That was incredibly useful information. This is the first major midlist author I've ever seen post this kind of information.
I just bought one of her books in appreciation.
It looks like Penguin's paperback royalties for a midlist author, on the top 20 on the New York Times bestseller list, is just 8% of the cover/list price -- 64 cents per book. Plus her agents cut (15%) comes out of her percentage.
The-eBook-Reader, you've given me a lot to think about before I say anything further.
