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I'm Jennifer Laughran. I'm a Senior Agent at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, representing great authors and illustrators….

  • By Jennifer Laughran
  • Based in United States of America
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Hi, Jenn! My debut came out this summer with a small press distributed by Penguin. I haven’t gotten royalty statements yet. I heard they come out in… October, I think? Does that apply even to summer releases? When should I expect to see something?
Generally speaking, statements for the first half of the year (say, Jan-June) come in October or so, statements for the second half of the year (July-December) come in April or so. The exact timing of …
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Probably a dumb question but… how do authors know how many books they sold? I haven’t gotten a royalty statement yet. Is that bad? At what point do I ask my agent?
It’s not dumb. Self-publisher authors can see on whatever platform they are published on, I imagine. For most people who are traditionally published, statements come twice a year, and that’s the most accurate info they …
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Since the election, my book sales have absolutely tanked. Is this something you’ve been seeing across the board with most books not directly related to the ills of the world or the holidays or is it just me?
I don’t look at / track individual books sales by week — that’s not really healthy, and it would not be possible for me anyway without a lot of effort (I have hundreds of client …
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