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I just received my first royalty statement and have been carrying it around for a week. It's kind of fascinating. Most of it is pretty self explanatory. But I did have a couple of questions:
I'm sure these are different from publisher to publisher, but does anyone know what "sales level" means? It's expressed in XX,000.
Also, I haven't sold through my advance yet, but for an unknown, first time author of a short story collection I don't think the numbers are too bad. I'm sure this is also something that is all over the place, but is there a a general rule as to how long it takes (let's say) a first time author to sell through? This may be impossible to answer given different sized advances and all. But let's just pretend I happen to earn out my advance in a year, will my publisher be happy or like "well, that took long enough."?
terrie
I'm sure these are different from publisher to publisher, but does anyone know what "sales level" means? It's expressed in XX,000.
Also, I haven't sold through my advance yet, but for an unknown, first time author of a short story collection I don't think the numbers are too bad. I'm sure this is also something that is all over the place, but is there a a general rule as to how long it takes (let's say) a first time author to sell through? This may be impossible to answer given different sized advances and all. But let's just pretend I happen to earn out my advance in a year, will my publisher be happy or like "well, that took long enough."?
terrie