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Re: the advance question


I admire you for sharing the details of your contract with us all, but remember that people with connections to other publishers might be on this list and you're giving away more than you might like them to know.

Graham Rice

It's time ó for me at least ó to go over all the advance/royalties amounts for garden writers. I need feedback, and I want real numbers!

My first book has been out for 2 1/2 months. It's a regional topic (Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens), although it has received notice outside the Northwest. It's selling really well (six weeks on the local bestseller list so far). I am hot on the book tour trail (albeit in a regional manner).

The same publisher has asked me to do another book on a topic well acknowledged to be missing from our regional bookshelf. He does so because he knows I write well, I know my stuff, and I'm not afraid of speaking in public; in other words, I already have a good track record. For our first book (my photographer and I split everything in half), we received (see how honest I'm being?) $11,000 for an advance (so, in other words, $5,500 each) and 6% royalties on the first 10,000 and 7 1/2% on 10 to 12,000 (also split).

And now, he's offering $12,000 for an advance, and the same royalties. Fair? I think not. Negotiable? He tells me he can't go much higher than that (for an advance). This was in the first conversation mentioning numbers; we will get back to him with our offer.

What is our offer? I want to know what I can reasonably ask for ó not some pie-in-the-sky advance. I look forward to your feedback.
Marty Wingate

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