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Re: [GWL]: Projecting advances



Carol Deppe wrote:

> A tip for new writers --
> Many publishers will cough up an advance equivalent to one to two year's worth of royalty
> payments.  So to guesstimate your advance you need first to guestimate total sales for the
> first year or two.  Then figure the approximate book price and royalty rate.  Then calculate
> the royalty the book would earn in the first year or two.  That number is about what most large
> affluent publishers will pay you as an advance, if you or your agent is clever enough to get
> it.  A small publisher might pay less, simply because they can't pay more.

How about Timber Press? Has anyone had experience with them? I hear that they prefer not to pay
any advance at all.

They have offered me a small one. Hardly worth my agent's time but then all she needs to do is
try to negotiate it higher or get better royalty terms.
Carol
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