Re: Re: consequences of shift to ebooks

>> If they offer say $30,000 then they genuinely believe
>> the can sell 10s of thousands of copies.
>
> How many new novelists, especially in fiction, receive advances that
> high? What are more realistic advances?
>

I've personally known first time novelists with first-book advances  
anywhere from $5K to $250K. Second book advances are more like $25K  
(if the first book sells through)

>> These days many small POD and epresses sell less than
>> 100 copies of a book in the first year.
>
> We aren't talking about POD or epresses.
> We're talking about simply skipping advances with the big presses and
> relying on sales.

Well, if you ever sell to a big press, you are free to do that. Let us  
know how it goes.

dej

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