Saturday, November 24, 2007

Is That a Stuffed Hamster?







Anonymous said...

Thank you. For making me laugh and for making me think...with one post.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for stating,"Not everyone gets to stick with one publisher for multiple books." I instantly feel better about my second book being passed on.

From the outside looking in it seemed to me that multiple book deals were the norm with all YA writers except me, but maybe not.

Here's another question: When an author snags a two book deal, does the advance include both books, or just the first book, with another advance being paid for the second?

Editorial Anonymous said...

It should be clear what monies are being paid for the first book, and what for the second. If you got a two-book deal, you would know the 60,000 (eg) was 30,000 per book. Perhaps 20,000 would come to you on signing, then 10,000 upon acceptance of the first book's first draft, 10,000 on the first book's final draft, 10,000 on the second book's first draft, and 10,000 on the second book's final draft.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for answering my questions!

You know . . .

An editor who steals lawn gnomes and dribbles spaghetti sauce could possibly be a good match for me. I’ll have to Google that and compile a fresh new list.

Seriously though, what you said makes sense. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Yes, thanks so much for addressing this. It does seem like all you hear about are the longtime author-editor matches.

What to do, then, if you feel that the editor publishing your first book is not right for other manuscripts? I now suspect that another imprint at the same publishing house may be a better match for subsequent works but feel like it would be a big no-no to approach them. (I hadn't written the other manuscripts when I received the first contract, so didn't anticipate this problem.)

Anonymous said...

One other thing about multiple-book contracts: read them VERY carefully for phrases like 'works shall be jointly accounted,' which means that if one book is a success and the other isn't, the profits from one would be used to pay off the advance of the other. I took this out of a major-house contract several years ago and it saved me a bundle of royalty money.

Anonymous said...

OMG! You are kidding, right?!

This is exactly what horrifies me about signing contracts without an agent. I also have an established illustrator friend who got really burned in a contract. This kind of stuff just freaks me out. Thanks for sharing this!

Kimberly Lynn

Anonymous said...

Thanks, EA. This is the BEST, and perhaps most forthright thread I've read since my birth certificate. I'm not much for sentimentality. I like results (with humanity, humility and humor...of course).

Anonymous said...

Just to clarify . . .

My previous comment was in response to Onceburnedtwicecareful.

Kimberly Lynn

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