Earned book royalties or commissions to children’s book authors; how much do they earn?

Greetings.

1. Expecting to sell 3 million in a year is an extremely unrealistic number. Forget the Harry Potters of the world. They are few and far between.

From a Publisher’s Weekly Article:

Here’s the reality of the book industry: in 2004, 950,000 titles out of the 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen Bookscan sold fewer than 99 copies. Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies. Only 25,000 sold more than 5,000 copies. The average book in America sells about 500 copies. Those blockbusters are a minute anomaly: only 10 books sold more than a million copies last year, and fewer than 500 sold more than 100,000.

Publishers take a huge risk when they buy a book. If you get an advance, you can expect it to be less than $5,000 for a first time writer. Generally, you will earn 10-15% royalty on net sales. In short, few writers make full-time income writing.

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