Quote:
Originally Posted by DeanCapture
Thanks Amelia....
This guy is offering an advance as well as the percentage. He says..."After the advance has been repaid, we will make royalty payments to you quarterly, within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which the royalties were accrued."
Of course we have no idea what the advance would be since we have no idea how big the book will be (how many pages) or how it might sell.
|
From how you describe them, it sounds like they are an experienced publisher with a good-sized footprint. An experienced publisher should have some notion of how a book is going to sell and should be able to tell you a ballpark of how many words or photos they want from you and what advance they can give you. If they can give you an advance you like and you feel they have a good market position, you can probably roll with the somewhat low royalty percentage.
I hope this is helpful, but a typical advance deal is generally 50% of what they are going to pay you when you sign a book deal contract with them and then 50% when they approve the final book you deliver. The royalties they offer being calculated quarterly and paid net 90 is pretty standard.