Comments on: It’s Not Always About the Money

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By: Autumn Rosen

Autumn Rosen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:17:49 +0000

I’m in it for the audience, not the money. I am going for traditional publishing because I want more people to read my books and it’s my ultimate dream.
I’ve written a ton of books. Although I have yet to get an agent, I keep plugging away. I love writing and as long as I can evoke something in my readers, I will keep doing what I do.

By: Rashad Pharaon

Rashad Pharaon — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:06:22 +0000

I think the advance matters to me in the sense of symbolism; not so much the actual money, but the perceived worth of talent. That means something to me.

By: Jack LaBloom

Jack LaBloom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:09 +0000

I admire you for the fact you are willing to spend your time representing debut authors who may only generate $750 for you. 15% of 5000.00

As for me personally, I’d accept whatever amount of advance royalty my literary agent recommended. To me that’s the reason an author has an agent. If we knew how to make the best deal, we’d all be doing it ourselves.

I would like to add one more comment about editing.

Even best-seller book have far too many typos these days. Publishers need to either pay more to get better editors or reduce the work loads of the good ones they have.

Thank you for the information you share with us.

By: Donna Earnhardt

Donna Earnhardt — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:55:21 +0000

I signed a contract with a small indie publisher in May of last year for a picture book. I am glad I did. Even though the advance is not as “big” compared to the large publishers, I know that my book will get individualized attention, my editor is brilliant (and this publisher is excellent), and this particular publishers books are well loved across the country.

ALSO – I know all the books they’ve published have gone on to win some type of award and many are now on state reading lists.

I am praying and hoping that my book will end up on similar lists! That is worth every penny to me!

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By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:59 +0000

Not important. Money is not everything to me. It’s nice but again it is not important.

I know as a experienced technical writer that I will most likely make more money over the years based on my technical writings than I would from any traditional writings.

Having the right deal or job means more to me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:33:00 +0000

In reply to beryl singleton bissell.

I had the same thing happen to my book–my editor died while it was in production and the publisher went out of business shortly after the novel pubbed. I did earn back my advance and more, once a larger publisher took over distribution. However, I haven’t been able to sell anything since. You’re fortunate that the end of your publisher wasn’t the end of your career, because it seems that more often than not, that’s the case.

By: nuku

nuku — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:30:31 +0000

I read the post and some of the comments and I realised, I don’t care how much money I get. I’m not that kind of person. If my book gets published all I care about is that people enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Whether I get a toonie or two thousand dollars doesn’t matter. If I’ve reached somebody with my message, or made someone happy that they picked up my book, I’m happy enough.

By: Bryn

Bryn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:23:36 +0000

I heard at a writers conference once that if a publisher is committed to a larger advance, that particular project will receive more attention and marketing dollars, as well. So receiving the larger advance would be the better choice. Is there any truth to that?

By: Janey Goude

Janey Goude — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:33:16 +0000

Great perspectives to consider. Thanks for giving the big picture view.