tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post1199746087900824730..comments2023-10-02T13:32:13.207+00:00Comments on Anne Brooke Books: Yacoubian Yawn and the four-figure advance ...Anne Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-50743798758686500982007-09-23T15:25:00.000+00:002007-09-23T15:25:00.000+00:00Thanks, Jackie! And very true indeed!:))AxxxThanks, Jackie! And very true indeed!<BR/><BR/>:))<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-2351773430548002062007-09-23T15:22:00.000+00:002007-09-23T15:22:00.000+00:00Congrats on the advance, Anne. No point in Graeme...Congrats on the advance, Anne. No point in Graeme getting his knickers in a twist on having the advance deducted - it is after all what it says on the tin - an advance (on royalties) and with luck you'll earn lots and lots more than that. It's only the very very big people whose advance is so huge, it is never earned back in royalties.Jackie Lubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865586154414594682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-28972170616754559082007-09-23T14:12:00.000+00:002007-09-23T14:12:00.000+00:00Hear hear! And, hey, well done on getting more tha...Hear hear! And, hey, well done on getting more than £200 in royalties - result!!<BR/><BR/>:))<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-49675750982317159482007-09-23T13:19:00.000+00:002007-09-23T13:19:00.000+00:00I think it is sure fire no-no when the word 'bests...I think it is sure fire no-no when the word 'bestseller' appears on the hardback cover. How do they know it's going to be one unless they are going to spend a fortune hyping it? The money would be better spent on encouraging new talent and, yes, on editorial staff with the balls to stand up to these 'bestselling' novelists.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the advance. My first (only) ever was a nice round £100. I was thinking of having it framed, but put in the bank before the publisher could change their mind. The shine was taken off when my first set of royalties arrived and they had taken off £200 against the advance. Ho hum.<BR/><BR/>Hey diddley-dee, a writer's life for me...Graeme K Talboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-40991072418504552132007-09-22T21:04:00.000+00:002007-09-22T21:04:00.000+00:00Hi, Haley! Thanks for the visit here too.Nice to k...Hi, Haley! Thanks for the visit here too.<BR/><BR/>Nice to know there's two of us who feel wearied by so-called "bestsellers" these days! Honestly, the whole literature business is so far up its own behind that I fear it may never find the way out!<BR/><BR/>==:O<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-38922606344698079562007-09-22T20:21:00.000+00:002007-09-22T20:21:00.000+00:00Hi, Anne. Thanks for the visit to my page. Now abo...Hi, Anne. Thanks for the visit to my page. <BR/><BR/>Now about your entry here. I know just what you mean. I am so tired of being lured in by "award-winner" or "bestseller" or "must read". What the hell? I sometimes feel I'm on another planet. I don't get what is so great about some of these supposed "must-reads". The storytelling is dull, the book is slow, and (as I am reading mostly mysteries these days) the mysteries are easy to figure out. And does no one edit these tomes? Or copyedit? Who are these reviewers giving it glowing responses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com