Garpyboy
Hi, i got a publishing contract a couple of days ago. I'm a first time author, and I've now got an agent looking things over, but...I'm curious...would £10k for a one book deal be considered average/good/bad for an advance?
Obviously more money is nice, but my main concern is to ensure the publisher is going to get behind this book and support it, and I have heard the greater the advance the more likely a publisher is to ensure the book is a success by pumping up the marketing...if for no other reason than to ensure they make the money on the advance back!
You do hear of 1st timers hitting 6 figures, but I'm guessing that's immensely rare.
Anyway, my first post here...hopefully first of many. I found this forum whilst looking for advice on contracts and advances etc. It's good to see quite a lot of posting activity.
Obviously more money is nice, but my main concern is to ensure the publisher is going to get behind this book and support it, and I have heard the greater the advance the more likely a publisher is to ensure the book is a success by pumping up the marketing...if for no other reason than to ensure they make the money on the advance back!
You do hear of 1st timers hitting 6 figures, but I'm guessing that's immensely rare.
Anyway, my first post here...hopefully first of many. I found this forum whilst looking for advice on contracts and advances etc. It's good to see quite a lot of posting activity.