Standard royalty rates, and what deviation means
The royalty rates a traditional trade contract is expected to carry — by format — and, more importantly, the difference between a percentage of list price…
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What a book advance actually looks like
Advances are the most opaque number in publishing — most are covered by confidentiality clauses, and per-genre averages that circulate online are usually guesses. Here is…
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What publishing services cost at market
What editing, design and production actually cost when you hire professionals directly — per-word and per-project ranges, with what separates the low end from the high.…
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