Practical Authorkeeping 101: talking the talk...

[lagilman]

Publishers' Lunch has changed their deal reporting guidelines, as follows:


"nice deal" $1 - $49,000
"very nice deal" $50,000 - $99,000
"good deal" $100,000 - $250,000
"significant deal" $251,000 - $499,000
"major deal" $500,000 and up


I've never been quite sure if this was supposed to be per book, or per deal... I suspect people adjust the wording as they will, to make the most impressive announcement. It is, after all, all about the P.R.


Personally, I think anything above $30,000 per book should be considered a Very Nice Deal. And anything above $500,000 a F*cking Miracle. But then, I work in genre and so my standards may be a bit more pragmatic than my lit'ry counterpart's.

Comments

[aynjel.livejournal.com]

Meh.

[lagilman]

eloquent as ever... :-)

[kradical.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think anything above $30,000 per book should be considered a Very Nice Deal. And anything above $500,000 a F*cking Miracle. But then, I work in genre and so my standards may be a bit more pragmatic than my lit'ry counterpart's.

What you said big-time, there. Sheesh.

Hell, anything over $20K is a lot better than a "nice deal," AFAIC.....

[eeknight.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or did they just revise this down a bit? I don't remember there being any kind of demarcation under 80k or so before.

[lagilman]

No, they started at Wee Small Sums and went up to Huge Honking Wodges of Money before. They just broke it down differently, with larger clumps.

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

anything above $30,000 per book should be considered a Very Nice Deal. And anything above $500,000 a F*cking Miracle

A-freakin'-Men.

Thus sayeth another genre-fiction writer. ::g::