Calculating When Your Book Will "Earn Out"

Book sales, publishing myths, and a new "earn out" web tool

Calculating Royalties by Leonid Pasternak C. 1880 (okay actually called The Passion of Creation)

There’s a whole lot that’s confusing in publishing, but not necessarily by design. Take “earning out” aka selling enough copies of your book that you pay back your advance—the money you get up front—and start earning royalties. Writers often have no idea how…