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December 8, 2014

Not All Royalties Are Treated Equally

Watch your royalty statements and understand the terms – before signing!

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March 10, 2014

Author’s Earnings: Part 3 Mid-list Print Sales

Michael dives even deeper down the rabbit hole of author’s earnings.

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March 3, 2014

Author’s Earnings: Part 2

Part 2 of Michael’s examination of earnings in the field of authorship.

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News February 24, 2014

Author’s Earnings

How much does an author actually make traditional publishing versus self-publishing? Well, the data is hard to find.

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February 10, 2013

Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Return Reserves, Buy-in, and Sell-through

One of my plans for my posts here at Amazing Stories is to focus on some of the aspects about publishing that a new author may not be aware of. I hope to have a […]

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February 3, 2013

Don’t Quit Your Day Job – Traditional Publishing by the Numbers

If you’ve ever considered becoming a writer, surely you’ve heard the old expression, “Don’t quit your day job.” But what can you really expect as far as income is concerned? Let’s first explore traditional publishing. […]

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Michael J. Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan

Michael J. Sullivan is a speculative fiction writer who has written twenty-five novels and released nine. Eight of his fantasy books (The Riyria Revelations, and The Riyria Chronicles), were published by Hachette Book Group’s Orbit imprint. Hollow World, a science-fiction thriller was released by Tachyon Publications. The first four books of his new series, The First Empire, has sold to Random House’s Del Rey imprint, and the first book is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2016. He can be found on twitter, through his blog www.riyria.com, and on his facebook page and his publisher’s page for the series.

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