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Old 02-25-2010, 09:49 AM   #84
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Originally Posted by maggie* View Post
Of course, that's what I thought, so from the same ebook you can't count authors royalties and advances already payed from the publisher. Until the 20000th sale you only have the "advances" cut. If it's the 20001th sale you have authors royalties.
I think it is worth mentioning that the publishers do not necessarily lose money if the author does not make back their advance. The publishers break-even point is unknown, but it is not tied to the point at which authors pay back the loan they got based on the collateral of their manuscript.
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