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Timestamp | Book Genre. Please check off sub-genres as well. (REQUIRED!) | Payment (in USD, per book) (REQUIRED!) | Rights/Distribution | Year (sale preferred, otherwise please use publication year) | Publisher (Name or Size) | Is this your debut? | Was this sale agented? | What is your race? (OPTIONAL) | What was your gender identity at time of sale? (OPTIONAL) | What is your sexual orientation? (OPTIONAL) | Did you identify as a person with a disability at time of sale? (OPTIONAL) | Author Name (OPTIONAL) | Book Title (OPTIONAL) | Did you use comp titles when selling the book? Please list them here. Explanation of comp titles: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comping-white/ | Additional comments (multiple offers, at-auction, royalties, deals in other media like tv, award-winning author, already-published bestseller, etc) |
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| 6/11/2020 7:09:01 | Academic | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Springer | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Moorkens Castilho Gaspari Doherty | Translation Quality Assessment | ||
| 6/7/2020 0:17:09 | Academic | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | University Press | No | Yes | White | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 7:15:32 | Academic | $0 | North America Only | 2011 | Louisiana State University | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 9:23:46 | Academic | $500 | Worldwide | 2013 | Praeger | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 9:24:52 | Academic | $0 | Worldwide | 2012 | University Press | Yes | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 16:54:48 | Academic | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | University Press | Yes | No | Black | Cis Woman | No. | Asked for $1000 advance upon mentor recommendation | ||||
| 6/10/2020 15:30:39 | Adult Literary Fiction | $285,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Jamey Bradbury | The Wild Inside | ||
| 6/10/2020 16:11:32 | Adult Literary Fiction | $25,000 | 2016 | St. Martin's Press | Yes | Kim Hooper | People Who Knew Me | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:11:32 | Adult Literary Fiction | $5,000 | 2018 | Turner | No | Kim Hooper | Cherry Blossoms | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:11:32 | Adult Literary Fiction | $5,000 | 2019 | Turner | No | Kim Hooper | Tiny | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:55:15 | Adult Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Naomi J. Williams | Landfalls | at-auction | |
| 6/10/2020 12:05:57 | Adult Literary Fiction | $50,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Big 5 billed it as my debut but I had 2 small press books previous | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | Auction | |||
| 6/10/2020 12:09:59 | Adult Literary Fiction | $160,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction (started at $50K) | ||||
| 6/10/2020 12:10:56 | Adult Literary Fiction | $2,500,000 | North America Only | 2016 | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | award-winning author, already published bestseller | ||||
| 6/10/2020 12:14:45 | Adult Literary Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction | |||
| 6/10/2020 13:05:47 | Adult Literary Fiction | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2003 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | Corelli's Mandolin, I'm Not Scared | MFA grad, no previous publications, no other offers | ||
| 6/10/2020 13:08:06 | Adult Literary Fiction | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | No | stand-alone sequel to first two novels, continuing the same characters. | ||
| 6/10/2020 14:15:45 | Adult Literary Fiction | $39,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Man | Gay | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 14:18:49 | Adult Literary Fiction | $450 | Uk Commonwealth | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Book was a collection of short stories | ||||
| 6/10/2020 14:21:29 | Adult Literary Fiction | $50,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black, East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 2 book deal for 50K each | |||
| 6/10/2020 14:43:56 | Adult Literary Fiction | $2,500 | North America Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | Yes | book went on to become award-winning | |||
| 6/10/2020 14:56:20 | Adult Literary Fiction | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 15:00:28 | Adult Literary Fiction | $22,753 | English Language Only | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | No | N/A | ||
| 6/10/2020 15:20:42 | Adult Literary Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 15:37:16 | Adult Literary Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 15:46:39 | Adult Literary Fiction | $4,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 18:42:49 | Adult Literary Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Latin American, White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Only offer; small indie publisher; sold North American rights only and kept foreign and film rights | ||
| 6/10/2020 20:02:20 | Adult Literary Fiction | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | N/A | ||
| 6/10/2020 21:03:39 | Adult Literary Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 23:48:29 | Adult Literary Fiction | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Native American/First Nations | Auction | ||||||
| 6/11/2020 7:05:48 | Adult Literary Fiction | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/11/2020 8:27:12 | Adult Literary Fiction | $225,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction | |||
| 6/11/2020 9:13:06 | Adult Literary Fiction | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 9:13:57 | Adult Literary Fiction | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 9:15:03 | Adult Literary Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Third book, first agented sale, one offer | |||
| 6/11/2020 9:17:03 | Adult Literary Fiction | $65,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Fourth book, in two-book deal with fifth book (splitting rate evenly here though we were told we would not be selling the fourth book without the fifth book) | |||
| 6/11/2020 10:16:27 | Adult Literary Fiction | $15,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | We turned down 10K more for world rights that never sold. Whoops! | |||
| 6/11/2020 10:50:36 | Adult Literary Fiction | $200 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 11:04:17 | Adult Literary Fiction | $60,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 12:11:12 | Adult Literary Fiction | $40,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Amazon publishing | Yes | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 13:07:05 | Adult Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2005 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | No comp titles used. | stand-alone book but sequel to debut book. continues the story. | ||
| 6/10/2020 13:12:25 | Adult Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | Beautiful Ruins, The Hours, The Master | pre-empt | ||
| 6/11/2020 9:17:59 | Adult Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction | $65,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Fifth book, two book deal with fourth book | |||
| 6/10/2020 21:02:26 | Adult Literary Fiction, literary journalism | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-emptive offer | |||
| 6/10/2020 11:58:46 | Adult Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Amazon Publishing | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Two book deal | |||
| 6/11/2020 14:13:54 | Anthology | $50,000 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Black | Cis Man | Brandon Taylor | pre-empt | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 12:47:18 | Anthology | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | I was editor of the anthology; it was my first book | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Manjula Martin | Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living | MFA vs. NYC, Goodbye to All That | 30K advance for an anthology with 24 contributors. I used that money to pay contributors $250-1400 each (the lower number was for reprints) and many said it was the most they were ever paid for an anthology contrib. Hasn't earned out. |
| 6/7/2020 23:54:06 | Anthology | $20,000 | 2020 | Running Press | Rebecca Podos | Fools in Love | Split. | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 8:25:40 | Anthology | $18,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 9:57:14 | Anthology, "Erotic" Fanfic | $10,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | Amy Stephenson | Loose Lips | No | Big names in the anthology, NYT bestsellers etc. |
| 6/7/2020 9:06:05 | Anthology, Literary Fiction | $10,000 | North America Only | 2020 | &NOW books | Yes | No | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | JD Scott | Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day | Technically fellowship money and not an advance because publication came via a prize. | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:27:00 | Anthology, Literary Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Split 50% to contributors, 25% each to co-editors. | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:42:47 | Anthology, Literary Fiction, Short Story | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:32:45 | Anthology, Literary Fiction, Short Story | $100 | Small/Indie | No | |||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 6:58:08 | Anthology, Literary Fiction, Short Story | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 2nd book, 2nd story collection | |||
| 6/9/2020 7:11:39 | Anthology, Literary Fiction, Short Story | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 5th Book, 3rd Story Collection. | |||
| 6/9/2020 7:42:44 | Anthology, Literary Fiction, Short Story | $50,000 | North America Only | 2010 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:39:45 | Anthology, Literary Fiction, Short Story, BIPOC | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | No | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | Established deal that I inherited | ||
| 6/8/2020 9:40:17 | Anthology, Non-Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 4:07:36 | Anthology, Poetry | $7,600 | English Language Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Yes | ALWAYS NEGOTIATE ROYALTIES AND SUBRIGHTS. They will make you money in the long run!! | ||
| 6/7/2020 15:05:26 | Anthology, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $126 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:06:05 | Anthology, Short Stories | $11,000 | 1995 | Yes | White | Cis Man | David Lubar | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 9:06:05 | Anthology, Short Stories | $45,000 | 2016 | White | Cis Man | David Lubar | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 8:20:33 | Anthology, Short Stories | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2004 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:21:35 | Anthology, Short Stories | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2006 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:23:46 | Anthology, Short Stories | $1,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | This publication was the result of a contest submission to a university press. | |||
| 6/8/2020 7:48:25 | Art Book | $0 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:16:42 | Art Book, Author/Illustrator | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Impact Books (Now PRH) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:16:42 | Art Book, Author/Illustrator | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Impact Books (Now PRH) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:16:42 | Art Book, Author/Illustrator | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Impact Books (Now PRH) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:37:03 | Audio | $38,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Audible | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:13:05 | Audio, Historical | $0 | English Language Only | 2019 | Authors for Authors Publishing Coop | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Eva Seyler | The War in Our Hearts | I got no advance. Since release in March 2019, I have received $238.72. | |
| 6/7/2020 9:06:05 | Chapter Book | $7,000 | White | Cis Man | David Lubar | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 9:06:05 | Chapter Book | $20,000 | White | Cis Man | David Lubar | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:01:31 | Chapter Book | $12,500 | Dustin Hansen | 6 books. Author/Illustrator. 100 Illustrations per book. | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:18:12 | Chapter Book | $4,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Part of a four-book deal with a combined advance | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:21:33 | Chapter Book | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | 4-book deal, 10K/bk | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:23:08 | Chapter Book | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Books 5&6 in a series. Increase from the 10K/book advance for books 1-4 | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:24:48 | Chapter Book | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | 2-book deal, 12.5K/book. Books 7&8 in a series. Increase from the 10K/book advance for books 1-4; same advance as books 5&6 | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:15:43 | Children's, Educational | $700 | Worldwide | 2011 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Illustrator only | ||||
| 6/9/2020 23:56:10 | Christian | $2,500 | Small/Indie | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Chris Lassiter | You're Grounded | 14% royalties | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:40:55 | Collection | $45,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Man | Gay | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 7:25:12 | Contemporary Fiction | $30,000 | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 12:20:40 | Cookbook | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Page | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 11:25:52 | Cookbook | $7,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 9:45:15 | Cookbook | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | yes | Had to pay photography and all expenses | ||
| 6/9/2020 17:34:49 | Cookbook as co-author | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 13:09:35 | Craft Essays | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | No | this book was solicited by the publisher | ||
| 6/9/2020 13:44:49 | Essays | $100,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | at-auction | |||||
| 6/9/2020 13:45:36 | Essays | $7,500 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | ||||||
| 6/11/2020 10:25:39 | Essays | $12,000 | English Language Only | 2011 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 10:27:15 | Essays | $350,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 18:17:31 | Experimental Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2019 | KERNPUNKT Press | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Katharine Coldiron | Ceremonials | |||||
| 6/10/2020 11:25:18 | Food Writing | $1,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 1:09:51 | Graphic Novel | $5,000 | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | Archie Bongiovanni | Good deal on royalties. Written and drawn in only 4 months. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:09:51 | Graphic Novel | $20,000 | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | Archie Bongiovanni | Good deal on royalties. Written and drawn in only 4 months. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:09:51 | Graphic Novel | $31,000 | Yes | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | Archie Bongiovanni | Good deal on royalties. Written and drawn in only 4 months. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 0:35:22 | Graphic Novel | $5,000 | Lion Forge | No | Ariel Ries | Witchy | 7.5% royalties. (9% after 10k copies sold). was told pretty bluntly that witchy being a webcomic and remaining online was a huge risk factor so they couldn't really afford to pay more. despite being ~260 odd full colour pages, about 90% of the pages were already done at the time i signed the deal, however I did a lot of revision work on old pages to bring them up to a higher standard. i was originally offered 15k for (i think) a 5 book deal, lol. I took a 1 book deal: at least I'd be able to negotiate for better terms on the second book if the first book sold well | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:30:35 | Graphic Novel | $1,000 | 2010 | Fantagraphics | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Drew Weing | 6% royalties. | |||||
| 6/10/2020 15:46:55 | Graphic Novel | $4,000 | Nonbinary/Agender | Emmett Helen | My Riot | I signed for My Riot (176 pages, my first graphic novel) for a $2k advance and negotiated about halfway through the process to double it to $4k. | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 23:12:27 | Graphic Novel | $2,555 | Nobrow | Hamish Steele | DeadEndia 1 | Royalties 8% net rate. Made $10378 on Kickstarter (GBP). Won an Eisner before beginning sequel. Agent takes 10%. | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 23:12:27 | Graphic Novel | $5,745 | Nobrow | Hamish Steele | DeadEndia 2 | Royalties 8% net rate. Agent takes 10%. | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 23:12:27 | Graphic Novel | $6,385 | Nobrow | Hamish Steele | Royalties 8% net rate. Agent takes 10%. Lost ability to sell in-person. Cannot make competing comics. | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 23:12:27 | Graphic Novel | $2,235 | Nobrow | Hamish Steele | Pantheon | Royalties 8% net rate. Made $13289 on Kickstarter (GBP). Agent takes 10%. | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:37:55 | Graphic Novel | $15,000 | 2019 | First Second | Kevin Panetta | Bloom | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:03:13 | Graphic Novel | $3,750 | Ryan Estrada | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:06:32 | Graphic Novel | $4,500 | Oni Press | White | Cis Man | Scott Chantler | Northwest Passage | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:06:32 | Graphic Novel | $10,000 | Random House | White | Cis Man | Scott Chantler | Two Generals | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:06:32 | Graphic Novel | $12,000 | Kids Can Press | White | Cis Man | Scott Chantler | Three Thieves | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:06:32 | Graphic Novel | $14,000 | Kids Can Press | White | Cis Man | Scott Chantler | Three Thieves | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:06:32 | Graphic Novel | $20,000 | Random House | White | Cis Man | Scott Chantler | Bix | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:06:32 | Graphic Novel | $45,000 | Gallery 13 | White | Cis Man | Scott Chantler | Unnannounced | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:06:45 | Graphic Novel | $60,000 | 2019 | Insight Comics | Steve Horton | Bowie | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:24:46 | Graphic Novel | $0 | Yes | Tillie Walden | 50/50 split on royalties. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:25:23 | Graphic Novel | $50,000 | No | Tillie Walden | Spinning, Are You Listening | 2-book deal | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:25:52 | Graphic Novel | $30,000 | No | Tillie Walden | On A Sunbeam | Sunbeam remains free to read online even after publishing and is my best seller. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 0:39:34 | Graphic Novel | $75,000 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | East Asian | Wendy Xu | 3-book deal. | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:54:19 | Graphic Novel | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 9:34:53 | Graphic Novel | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Bi/Pansexual | No | Brutal on the back end but it’s what I thought I needed to suck up for a debut | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:56:00 | Graphic Novel | $1,280 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Gay | |||||
| 6/8/2020 15:54:16 | Graphic Novel | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | |||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:51 | Graphic Novel | $39,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 21:04:40 | Graphic Novel | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 13:49:20 | Graphic Novel | $15,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 0:30:57 | Graphic Novel | $2,000 | Black | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 0:30:57 | Graphic Novel | $15,000 | Black | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 0:30:57 | Graphic Novel | $10,000 | Black | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 12:48:14 | Graphic Novel | $62,500 | Worldwide | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | No | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 13:19:25 | Graphic Novel | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Nobrow | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 13:20:04 | Graphic Novel | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Archaia | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | |||||
| 6/10/2020 13:43:01 | Graphic Novel | $32,400 | Worldwide | 2014 | DC Comics | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | Work-for-hire comic series comprising 3 graphic novels | ||
| 6/10/2020 1:01:31 | Graphic Novel, Author/Illustrator | $25,000 | Dustin Hansen | ||||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 11:13:11 | Graphic Novel, Illustrator | $10,000 | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Illustrator Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | 100 pages, full color, children's graphic novel. First as illustrator for a full graphic novel. Included royalties, but looks unlikely to earn out. Very little publisher attention or promo. | |||||
| 6/10/2020 0:03:55 | Graphic Novel, Illustrator Only | $20,000 | Cis Woman | Celine Loup | 1. this was negotiated up from 10k thanks to my agent 2. I was fired from the project after my AD disappeared for 9 months and when she came back refused to give me enough time to finish the book 3. I only received my 10k advance | ||||||||||
| Graphic Novel, LGBT | $9,000 | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Sam Maggs | Tell No Tales | Split with co-creator. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:10:18 | Graphic Novel, Writer | $25,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Shannon Hale | Split with illustrator ($12.5K per person) | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:10:18 | Graphic Novel, Writer | $166,666 | No | White | Cis Woman | Shannon Hale | 3-book deal. Split with illustrator ($250K per person) | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 20:49:24 | Graphic Novel, Writer Only | $10,000 | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | Alison Wilgus | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:01:31 | Graphic Novel, Writer Only | $15,000 | No | Dustin Hansen | |||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 23:38:10 | Graphic Novel, Writer Only | $75,000 | White | Cis Man | Scott Westerfeld | Spill Zone | 2 scripts. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:39:27 | Historical | $2,000 | 2012 | Tor | White | Leanna Renee Hieber | 4 books. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:39:27 | Historical | $30,000 | 2012 | Tor | White | Leanna Renee Hieber | 3 books spread over 4 years. 5K per book for 3 re-issues. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:26:50 | Historical | $15,000 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | lyssa Palombo | 4-book deal. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:07:21 | Historical | $130,000 | Worldwide | White | Queer | Yes | Nicola Griffith | Hild | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:07:21 | Historical | $160,000 | Worldwide | White | Queer | Yes | Nicola Griffith | Menewood | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:01:30 | Historical | $15,000 | North America Only | 2019 | MIRA | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Noelle Salazar | The Flight Girls | Hidden Figures | Earned out. Large royalty payments. Next offer came in much larger | |||
| 6/6/2020 20:01:30 | Historical | $100,000 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Noelle Salazar | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:22:11 | Historical | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2014 | Amazon Publishing Publishing (Lake Union) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 4:28:40 | Historical | $1,127 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:36:10 | Historical | $65,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:56:01 | Historical | $4,500 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 21:28:08 | Historical | $7,500 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 6:21:56 | Historical | $17,500 | English Language Only | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| 6/11/2020 2:21:29 | Historical Fiction | $125,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | At-auction | |||
| 6/11/2020 21:16:27 | Historical Fiction | $80,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | I believe my agent did, but not sure which | My tenth novel. Past 5 advances at same level. My first two books were auctioned in 2005 for $80K. Subsequent advances per title by PRH have been the same, with two others of my historical novels sold to HarperCollins at $100k each. My most advance was $75K because I switched houses. | ||
| 6/14/2020 4:30:48 | Historical Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 0 | |||
| 6/14/2020 4:31:43 | Historical Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/14/2020 4:32:40 | Historical Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:39:45 | Horror | $15,000 | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:38:16 | Humor | $1,500 | 2006 | Julie Blattberg | |||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 7:39:42 | Humor | $4,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Concept was created in house, I was contracted to write it. | |||
| 6/9/2020 21:51:33 | Leveled Reader | $2,300 | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Rachel Dougherty | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 15:01:58 | Literary Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | *** | *** | no | |
| 6/9/2020 7:25:13 | Literary Fiction | $1,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Alan Michael Parker | No | My fourth novel, all with indie or university presses. I have also published eight books of poems and edited five other books. | |
| 6/8/2020 21:36:28 | Literary Fiction | $5,000 | Nonbinary/Agender | Alex DiFrancesco | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:40:14 | Literary Fiction | $65,000 | 2006 | Allison Winn Scotch | The Dept. of Lost and Found | 4-way auction. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:40:14 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | Allison Winn Scotch | Time of My Life | 4-way auction. | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:02:03 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Amber Sparks | And I Do Not Forgive You | ||
| 6/8/2020 21:44:42 | Literary Fiction | $0 | Amber Sparks | May We Shed | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:44:42 | Literary Fiction | $0 | Amber Sparks | Desert Places | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:44:42 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | Amber Sparks | The Unfinished World | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:44:42 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | Amber Sparks | I Do Not Forgive You | |||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:55:41 | Literary Fiction | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Aysegul Savas | Walking on the Ceiling | ||
| 6/9/2020 8:16:55 | Literary Fiction | $27,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Babst | The Floating World | Let the Great World Spin, Zeitour, Nine Lives, Salvage the Bones | |
| 6/7/2020 0:28:45 | Literary Fiction | $200,000 | 2016 | HMH | Yes | White | Cis Man | Bob Proehl | Far from earning out. Later sold adult sci-fi duology to Penguin Random House for 6 figures. | ||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:12:49 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Brandon Taylor | REAL LIFE | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:48:11 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | Small/Indie | Yes | White | Cis Man | Brendan Hodge | If You Can Get It | |||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:22:16 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Bryan Washington | LOT | auction | ||||
| 6/11/2020 14:22:59 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Black | Cis Man | Bryan Washington | MEMORIAL | |||||
| 6/11/2020 14:18:24 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Queer | Carmen Maria Manchado | HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES | National Book Award winner | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:23:41 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | North America Only | 2004 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Cathy Day | The Circus in Einter | I don’t remember. | Offered as exclusive. Finalist for inaugural Story Prize |
| 6/8/2020 21:49:27 | Literary Fiction | $7,500 | Charlotte M. Freeman | Place Last Seen | 3k paperback, 3k movie rights x 2, and a few tiny royalties. | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 12:23:53 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | North America Only | 2000 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Charlotte McGuinn Freeman | Place Last Seen | My deal was 7.5k hardcover, 3k paperback. Got 3k x 2 for movie rights (Dreamworks) | |
| 6/9/2020 16:00:26 | Literary Fiction | $800,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Chip Cheek | Cape May | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:05:56 | Literary Fiction | $4,000 | English Language Only | 2009 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Christine Sneed | Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry | No | This book was AWP's Grace Paley Prize Winner of 2009 (The prize $ was $4000; it went up to $5500 the next year - of course...Murphy's Law). | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:07:27 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2011 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Christine Sneed | Little Known Facts | Little Known Facts | This was the one offer we got for this book; it was still at five or six other presses but my agent advised me to take this deal because it struck me as fair (and sane as far as my ability to earn it out). | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:08:56 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Christine Sneed | Paris, He Said | No | This was part of a two book deal ($60K total but I'll enter the second book in this deal separately). | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:10:20 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Christine Sneed | The Virginity of Famous Men | No | This book was part of a two book deal (this boo, a story collection, sold with Paris, He said, a novel - these were my third and fourth published books). I haven't been able to sell another book since these two sold in 2013 (they were published in 2015 & 2016). | ||
| 6/8/2020 21:51:52 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | East Asian | Cis Woman | Elissa Sloan | The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes | |||||||||
| 6/13/2020 4:52:00 | Literary Fiction | $333,333 | North America, film, UK | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Emma Cline | The Girls (+ two additional books) | Three-book deal, of which first novel was THE GIRLS | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:41:59 | Literary Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Native American/First Nations | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Erika T. Wurth | Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend | ||
| 6/13/2020 4:49:28 | Literary Fiction | $1,000,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Imbolo Mbue | Behold the Dreamers | https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/64277-frankfurt-book-fair-2014-in-pre-fair-deals-two-debuts-draw-seven-figures.html | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:31:37 | Literary Fiction | $1,300,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Jeanine Cummins | American Dirt | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 11:13:58 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2002 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | Land of the Blind | First novel had been a NY Times Notable | |
| 6/10/2020 11:15:09 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2005 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | Citizen Vince | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:16:25 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2006 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | The Zero | Had won an Edgar Award and others | |
| 6/10/2020 11:17:35 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | The Financial Lives of the Poets | Last books had been National Book Award finalist & Edgar Award winner | |
| 6/10/2020 11:18:22 | Literary Fiction | $125,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | Beautiful Ruins | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:19:21 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | We Live in Water | Short story collection, negotiated before Beautiful Ruins became a bestseller | |
| 6/9/2020 18:12:17 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Miami University Press | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | John Cotter | Under the Small Lights | ||
| 6/8/2020 23:29:00 | Literary Fiction | $57,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Latin American, Native American/First Nations, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Kali Fajardo-Anstine | Woman of Light | ||||
| 6/8/2020 23:29:07 | Literary Fiction | $57,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Latin American, Native American/First Nations, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Kali Fajardo-Anstine | Sabrina & Corina | Exclusive deal | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:10:15 | Literary Fiction | $7,500 | North America Only | 2008 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | Katharine Beutner | Alcestis | Can't recall what they were | |
| 6/8/2020 12:46:16 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Katharine Weber | Still Life With Monkey | yes | previous six books starting 1995 got advances between $25,000 and $120,000 |
| 6/10/2020 10:26:12 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Kathleen Donohoe | Ashes of Fiery Weather | Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. | |
| 6/10/2020 10:28:31 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Kathleen Donohoe | Ghosts of the Missing | This book sold along with my debut. It was the 2nd novel of a two-book deal. | |
| 6/8/2020 11:49:08 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Katya Apekina | ||||
| 6/9/2020 9:52:28 | Literary Fiction | $7,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | Kristen Arnett | Mostly Dead Things | Swamplandia! | |
| 6/7/2020 9:39:43 | Literary Fiction | $650,000 | 2019 | Gallery/Scout Press | Kristen Roupenian | You Know You Want This | 2 Books. Author of "Cat Person" | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 17:21:37 | Literary Fiction | $1,000,000 | Worldwide | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lara Prescott | The Secrets We Kept | At-auction between 14 publishing houses. | ||||
| 6/6/2020 18:02:44 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | Laura Ruby | ||||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 8:53:58 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian, Queer | No | Lucy Corin | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:58:00 | Literary Fiction | $5,000 | 2011 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Lesbian, Queer | No | Lucy Corin | higher than standard royalty percentage | ||||
| 6/7/2020 0:50:12 | Literary Fiction | $200,000 | 2018 | MCD | Yes | White | Lydia Kiesling | The Golden State | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 0:35:31 | Literary Fiction | $0 | 2003 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Yes | Lyn Miller-Lachman | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:06:18 | Literary Fiction | $20,530 | English Canadian | Yes | Yes | Natalie Morrill | The Ghost Keeper | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:51:56 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | 2007 | Grove Press | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Porochista Khakpour | Sons & Other Flammable Objects | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:34:40 | Literary Fiction | $60,000 | Knopf | No | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Porochista Khakpour | Tehrangeles | |||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:24:51 | Literary Fiction | $150,000 | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE IN YOU IN ALL YOUR DAMAGED GLORY | creator of Bojack Horseman, comedian | |||||
| 6/6/2020 20:29:23 | Literary Fiction | $12,500 | 2014 | Grove Press, Black Cat | Black | Roxane Gay | An Untamed State | ||||||||
| 6/13/2020 13:10:30 | Literary Fiction | $125,000 | North America Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Other | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | Sarah Gerard | True Love | Auction | |
| 6/9/2020 10:53:35 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Siân Griffiths | Borrowed Horses | ||
| 6/11/2020 14:04:21 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Man | Viet Thanh Nguyen | THE SYMPATHIZER | only offer | |||||
| 6/11/2020 14:07:45 | Literary Fiction | $250,000 | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Southeast Asian | Cis Man | Viet Thanh Nguyen | The Refugees | originally 100,000, increased after The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer | |||||
| 6/13/2020 5:03:07 | Literary Fiction | $1,000,000 | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Yaa Gyasi | Homegoing | https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/london-book-fair/article/66283-london-book-fair-2015-the-buzz-books-of-the-show.html | |||||
| 6/9/2020 19:53:01 | Literary Fiction | $6,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | no | foreign english language story collection | ||
| 6/9/2020 20:02:55 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Trans Man | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 20:42:39 | Literary Fiction | $2,500 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 21:58:11 | Literary Fiction | $60,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Yes | |||
| 6/9/2020 23:23:48 | Literary Fiction | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:32:05 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 10:48:59 | Literary Fiction | $135,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Friday Night Lights | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:53:18 | Literary Fiction | $2,500 | North America Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | I earned out my advance! | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:57:03 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:01:45 | Literary Fiction | $250,000 | North America Only | 2008 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | multiple offers | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:03:38 | Literary Fiction | $300,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | two other offers, previously published national bestseller | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:13:15 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | North America Only | 2009 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:13:56 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:14:43 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | North America Only | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 11:15:22 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:15:29 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:15:53 | Literary Fiction | $60,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:20:16 | Literary Fiction | $150,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:20:45 | Literary Fiction | $160,000 | North America Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:21:31 | Literary Fiction | $110,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:24:48 | Literary Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2011 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:25:42 | Literary Fiction | $1,500 | North America Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:26:16 | Literary Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Straight | No | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:07:45 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | No | At auction | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:09:11 | Literary Fiction | $225,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern, Multiracial | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 12:10:35 | Literary Fiction | $500 | North America Only | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:22:15 | Literary Fiction | $175,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 12:42:24 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black, Pacific Islander | Cis Woman | Lesbian, Queer | No | Yes | |||
| 6/8/2020 21:43:44 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | 2004 | White | Cis Woman | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:56:32 | Literary Fiction | $0 | English, Chinese, Korean | 2010 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/8/2020 22:57:47 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Won the presses writing contest | ||
| 6/8/2020 22:58:41 | Literary Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/6/2020 17:44:15 | Literary Fiction | $250,000 | North America Only | Large (Big 5) | East Asian | Male | 2 books. | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:19:25 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:53:04 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | North America Only | 2002 | Large (Big 5) | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:00:38 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:40:48 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | No | Black | Cis Man | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 3:17:42 | Literary Fiction | $65,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Queer | No | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 7:24:30 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | North America Only | 2008 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:26:52 | Literary Fiction | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:27:31 | Literary Fiction | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:28:10 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:28:38 | Literary Fiction | $500 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:28:49 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:29:42 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Amazon Publishing (Lake Union) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:30:21 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Amazon Publishing (Lake Union) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:34:26 | Literary Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2003 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:42:46 | Literary Fiction | $5,500 | North America Only | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 9:58:21 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Over age of 50 | ||
| 6/7/2020 9:59:40 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Age over 50 when sold, over 55 when book published | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:04:39 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:14:51 | Literary Fiction | $200,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:25:09 | Literary Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:35:08 | Literary Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 11:11:27 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | Southeast Asian | Cis Man | Straight | No | No. | Solicitation | ||
| 6/7/2020 11:40:19 | Literary Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:47:43 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:07:44 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:08:06 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Not in my query; (I don't know if comps were used in my agent's submission) | I received $5000 advance for the audiobook. | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:08:27 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:42:15 | Literary Fiction | $300,000 | North America Only | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Man | Gay | No | yes, and one comp was a White (im non-Black queer poc/second generation immigrant) and I really didn’t want to use the comp but agent was insistent. Ended up getting me a very good advance though. | Auction, multiple offers, foreign sales in process | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:45:10 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | North America Only | 2003 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 12:46:45 | Literary Fiction | $55,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 12:55:18 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:56:12 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | 2 books, $50,000 total. | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:18:08 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | The Last Samurai, The Flamethrowers | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:26:28 | Literary Fiction | $4,500 | UK only | 2009 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 15:06:54 | Literary Fiction | $1,500 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 15:56:39 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | No | Daisy Jones and the Six | pre-empt | |||
| 6/7/2020 20:57:48 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Yes | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 21:47:38 | Literary Fiction | $175,000 | North America Only | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | No | At auction | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 3:27:47 | Literary Fiction | $500,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/8/2020 6:51:11 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 7:27:47 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 7:45:16 | Literary Fiction | $7,500 | English Language Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:03:43 | Literary Fiction | $1,500 | UK | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Got the same advance for all three books. First one was a novel published by Penguin South Africa. Last two were short story collections published by a UK independent press. | ||
| 6/8/2020 8:18:17 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Trans Man | Queer | No | Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl -- Andrea Lawlor, The Sellout - Paul Beatty | |||
| 6/8/2020 8:30:07 | Literary Fiction | $140,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Already published, at auction, NYT bestseller | |||
| 6/8/2020 8:35:13 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | no | two book deal | ||
| 6/8/2020 9:42:09 | Literary Fiction | $505,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | yes | |||
| 6/8/2020 9:49:19 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | California (Edan Lepucki) | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:56:07 | Literary Fiction | $150,000 | North America Only | 2011 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | At auction. earned out within first 6 months | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:14:23 | Literary Fiction | $4,500 | North America Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | East Asian | Queer | No | no | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:19:35 | Literary Fiction | $100 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | In the payment question above, I assume you're talking about the advance. My "advance" was a whopping $100 and 25 copies of my book. That's it. | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:28:57 | Literary Fiction | $750,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Native American/First Nations | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:38:10 | Literary Fiction | $60,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Queer | No | The Price of Salt | During pandemic | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:44:27 | Literary Fiction | $90,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian, White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:41:57 | Literary Fiction | $3,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:46:59 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | Only offer. Was a short story collection. Paperback original. | ||
| 6/8/2020 13:36:46 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Longlisted for the National Book Award | |||
| 6/8/2020 13:44:25 | Literary Fiction | $20,000 | 2011 | Bloomsbury | No | Black | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 13:45:21 | Literary Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2013 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/8/2020 13:47:05 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Black | previous book won NBA | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 14:44:34 | Literary Fiction | $500,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Black | Nonbinary/Agender | Lesbian, Queer | Yes | Pre-empt | |||
| 6/8/2020 16:23:00 | Literary Fiction | $225,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | at-auction & award-winning author | |||
| 6/8/2020 18:08:09 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2010 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Auction | ||||
| 6/8/2020 19:00:48 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 21:12:11 | Literary Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | Two previous midlist novels with Random House | ||||
| 6/8/2020 21:13:42 | Literary Fiction | $70,000 | Worldwide | 2003 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | half of two-book deal | ||||
| 6/9/2020 2:07:31 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 4:53:15 | Literary Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 4:55:07 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | English Language Only | 2010 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Man | Bi/Pansexual | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 4:56:28 | Literary Fiction | $125,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Took the underbidder, more money for UK rights and a film/tv option | ||
| 6/9/2020 5:44:04 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | pre-empt | |||
| 6/9/2020 5:45:01 | Literary Fiction | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 6:23:30 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | preempt | ||
| 6/9/2020 6:52:21 | Literary Fiction | $5,000 | North America Only | 2009 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 6:53:30 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Novel Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 3rd Book, 1st Novel. | |||
| 6/9/2020 7:09:03 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | Worldwide | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 4th book, 2nd Novel | ||||
| 6/9/2020 7:29:19 | Literary Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2011 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | Award-winning author; book appeared on Amazon’s sales chart for story collections above Stephen King’s book of stories at the time; total royalties in this incredibly, embarrassingly bad deal were less than $500; author ended contract at the end of the five-year term and the book is currently out of print; author regrets pretty much everything about this book except the stories within | ||
| 6/9/2020 7:42:27 | Literary Fiction | $6,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Multiracial | Cis Man | Bi/Pansexual | No | Largess of the Sea maiden, the dream life of astronauts | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:08:44 | Literary Fiction | $2,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:09:49 | Literary Fiction | $7,500 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:35:57 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Award-winning Author | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:50:57 | Literary Fiction | $150,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Other | Queer | Not sure | Only offer | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:56:27 | Literary Fiction | $1,500 | 2005 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Lesbian, Queer | No | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 8:58:47 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 8:59:52 | Literary Fiction | $100 | 2003 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian, Queer | No | Avant-garde press. | ||||
| 6/9/2020 9:16:27 | Literary Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 9:17:08 | Literary Fiction | $3,000 | North America Only | 2010 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 9:17:48 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | North America Only | 2005 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:01:33 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Gay | No | Sold at auction | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:05:28 | Literary Fiction | $1,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:14:26 | Literary Fiction | $50,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Preempt. Only one foreign right sold, to Mexico. | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:29:42 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Elif Batuman's THE IDIOT | pre-empt deal | ||
| 6/9/2020 13:24:19 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:42:37 | Literary Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:43:32 | Literary Fiction | $5,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | identifies as occupying non-traditional body | |||||
| 6/9/2020 13:46:25 | Literary Fiction | $2,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:47:17 | Literary Fiction | $25,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 14:32:19 | Literary Fiction | $155,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Fiction debut (2nd book) | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | at-auction | |||
| 6/9/2020 14:32:55 | Literary Fiction | $90,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 15:09:54 | Literary Fiction | $60,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 15:28:36 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:52:26 | Literary Fiction | $165,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian, Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | No | Yes | |||
| 6/9/2020 15:53:30 | Literary Fiction | $225,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Southeast Asian, Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 17:21:37 | Literary Fiction | $500,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | Multiple offers, sold in preempt | ||
| 6/9/2020 17:42:42 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 18:19:11 | Literary Fiction | $1,500 | Print only. H/C paid $500 for ebook world rights | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | No | I’d already spoken with the pub and acquired an agent to broker the actual deal. | ||
| 6/9/2020 19:09:11 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 19:09:51 | Literary Fiction | $15,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 19:26:03 | Literary Fiction | $12,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | no | bok was foreign english language debut in american market | ||
| 6/9/2020 19:38:34 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | Pre-empt | ||
| 6/10/2020 4:00:40 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | no | Previously published a small press story collection | ||
| 6/10/2020 5:25:45 | Literary Fiction | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Latin American, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | Award-winning author, I jumped from YA to Adult with this book, we had a film agent shopping the book before it was bought | ||
| 6/10/2020 7:39:19 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Death of Vishnu, The Golden Son, Family Matters,, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Before We Visit the Goddess | |||
| 6/10/2020 9:16:02 | Literary Fiction | $40,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 10:06:00 | Literary Fiction | $150,000 | English Language Only | 2021 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Multiple offers | |||
| 6/10/2020 10:30:04 | Literary Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 11:11:08 | Literary Fiction | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | I don't know what the fuck that is! | N O P E - just good luck | ||
| 6/11/2020 13:37:03 | Literary Fiction | $200,000 | Worldwide | 2004 | Warner Books | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | The Lovely Bones | Pre-empt in a $400,000 two-book deal | ||
| 6/11/2020 13:38:01 | Literary Fiction | $200,000 | Worldwide | 2004 | Warner Books | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-empt in a $400,000 two book deal | |||
| 6/11/2020 13:39:11 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | The Secret History | became a New York Times bestseller, earned out royalties from foreign sales before publication | ||
| 6/11/2020 13:39:53 | Literary Fiction | $150,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 13:40:39 | Literary Fiction | $125,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | The Interestings, Arcadia | |||
| 6/11/2020 13:53:11 | Literary Fiction | $125,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 14:52:00 | Literary Fiction | $40,000 | North America Only | 2003 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 14:52:55 | Literary Fiction | $500,000 | North America Only | 2005 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 15:35:08 | Literary Fiction | $80,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | not sure: agent did not share details of sale | I'm with an agency known to be cutthroat with deals | ||
| 6/11/2020 16:05:52 | Literary Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh, WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Jeffrey Eugenides, WINTER’S BONE by Daniel Woodrell | |||
| 6/11/2020 16:39:12 | Literary Fiction | $4,500 | Worldwide | 2011 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | The book was a short story collection. All the stories had been previously published in respected journals, but I didn't have a novel attached so it was a tough sell. | |||
| 6/11/2020 17:16:13 | Literary Fiction | $65,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 1:04:30 | Literary Fiction | $8,000 | English Language Only | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Native American/First Nations | No | no | ||||||
| 6/12/2020 11:50:05 | Literary Fiction | $100,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Nonwhite | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 13:29:03 | Literary Fiction | $650,000 | North America Only | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | ||||||||
| 6/12/2020 19:09:20 | Literary Fiction | $125 | English Language Only | 2012 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | auction with four houses | ||
| 6/13/2020 0:41:11 | Literary Fiction | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Bloomsbury | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Queer | |||||
| 6/13/2020 5:47:09 | Literary Fiction | $35,000 | North America Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/13/2020 12:25:16 | Literary Fiction | $30,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:42:07 | Literary fiction | $3,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 20:56:32 | Literary Fiction, Fantasy | $20,000 | 2014 | Bloomsbury | No | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Porochista Khakpour | The Last Illusion | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 7:23:35 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $300,000 | North America Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | THE PARIS WIFE | |||
| 6/7/2020 7:26:57 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $130,000 | North America Only | 2017 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | East Asian | Straight | The Nightingale | |||||
| 6/7/2020 13:37:33 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $42,600 | UK and Australia | 2014 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:41:44 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 18:50:11 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $500,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 4:55:11 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $40,000 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 17:04:46 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $15,000 | North America Only | 2009 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 17:05:32 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $125,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 17:39:07 | Literary Fiction, Historical | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Amazon Publishing (Little A) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:44:32 | Literary Fiction, Magical Realism | $1,000 | They had an option for translation rates that expires after 3 years. | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | "lies at the cross-roads of Nami Mun’s MILES FROM NOWHERE, Marcelo Figueras’s KAMTCHATKA, and Guillermo Del Torro’s film PAN’S LABYRINTH" | |||
| 6/9/2020 19:37:13 | Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction | $145,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | No | karl taro greenfeld | Fifty Cents for Your Soul | ||
| 6/13/2020 14:27:58 | Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Trans Man | Gay, Queer | Yes | The Secret History + The Talented Mr. Ripley | at auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 10:29:31 | Literary Fiction, Women's | $6,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE | |||
| 6/8/2020 9:27:58 | Literary Fiction, Women's | $250,000 | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Curtis Sittenfield, Anton DiSclafani | Sold in a pre-empt, two book deal (second book sold for same amount) | |||
| 6/8/2020 9:29:00 | Literary Fiction, Women's | $250,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Second book in a two-book deal | |||
| 6/8/2020 9:39:26 | Literary Fiction, Women's | $100,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | previous multiple bestsellers that earned out multiple times over - 25k more than previous advance | |||
| 6/8/2020 21:14:34 | Literary Fiction, Women's | $100,000 | 2002 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 7:17:06 | Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction | $2,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | No | I’ve made less than 2k in total sales | ||
| 6/8/2020 9:36:27 | Literary Fiction, Women's, Historical | $25,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Homegoing | |||
| 6/8/2020 9:38:14 | Literary Fiction, Women's, Historical | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | sold before 1st book (NYT bestseller) pubbed, but had addl potential bonuses based on sales in place of higher advance | |||
| 6/11/2020 14:19:54 | Memoir | $12,500 | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Latin American | Cis Woman | Queer | Carmen Maria Machado | IN THE DREAM HOUSE | |||||
| 6/10/2020 20:00:52 | Memoir | $25,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Meghan Flaherty | Tango Lessons: A Memoir | The Possessed, Eat Pray Love, H is for Hawk | Didn’t go to paperback. | |
| 6/9/2020 22:05:24 | Memoir | $55,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes, but I'm not sure they believed us, lol. Diane Ackerman's Natural History of the Senses, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love. | The book was sold on proposal at auction between two houses. Bidding started at 30K. When a competing house raised 5K the original editor came in at 55K which was more than the competing editor was authorized to offer. So a jump of 25K due to competition. | ||
| 6/10/2020 20:00:18 | Memoir | $150,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Solo debut; co-written otherw | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | No | Pre-empt | |||
| 6/11/2020 5:43:56 | Memoir | $50,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Yes | |||
| 6/11/2020 10:26:28 | Memoir | $650,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 16:21:42 | Memoir | $75,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Adult Debut | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Only one offer in publishing, but there were tv offers before book sale. I’d published children’s picture books but nothing long for adults | |||
| 6/11/2020 16:23:39 | Memoir | $3,500 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | |||||||
| 6/11/2020 16:24:17 | Memoir | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 16:24:51 | Memoir | $0 | English Language Only | Small/Indie | Yes | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 21:40:15 | Memoir | $7,500 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 6:51:59 | Memoir | $100,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 7:59:17 | Memoir | $250 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 13:10:10 | Memoir | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 13:11:12 | Memoir | $200,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Exclusive submission | |||
| 6/13/2020 13:35:34 | Memoir | $0 | Worldwide | 2017 | University Press | Yes | No | Black | Cis Man | Queer | No | Royalties: 8% net proceeds up to 3,000 copies/10% 3,001-6,000 copies/12% 6,001-9,000 copies/14% 9,001+ copies/15% eBook. | |||
| 6/11/2020 0:17:19 | Memoir, Graphic Novel | $2,000 | Colleen Frakes | Prison Island | Additional $750 for cover design. Quick turnaround, 11 months between signing and publication. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:50:27 | Memoir, Graphic Novel | $8,000 | Oni Press | Yes | Nonbinary/Agender | Hazel Newlevant | No Ivy Leage=ue | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 12:13:19 | MG | $15,000 | Work For Hire | White | Cis Man | Gay | Alex London | IP. | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:24:25 | MG | $27,500 | No | East Asian | Amanda Lin | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:13:24 | MG | $8,750 | 2008 | Scholastic | White | Cis Man | Jake Bell | Paperback only. $32K has been earned back in royalties from Scholastic book fairs - 130,000 copies sold. $3K for Turkish rights. | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:13:24 | MG | $9,333 | 2008 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | White | Cis Man | Jake Bell | Hardcover. | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:29:18 | MG | $30,000 | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | Jake Burt | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:29:51 | MG | $40,000 | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | Jake Burt | 2-book deal. | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:29:51 | MG | $45,000 | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | Jake Burt | 2-book deal. | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:51:10 | MG | $3,832 | UK Publisher | White | Jo Cotterill | Electrigirl | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:51:10 | MG | $5,108 | UK Publisher | White | Jo Cotterill | Electrigirl | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:51:10 | MG | $15,964 | 2009 | Large (Big 5) | White | Jo Cotterill | A Library of Lemons, A Storm of Strawberries | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:03:02 | MG | $10,000 | Yes | White | Laura Ruby | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:03:02 | MG | $40,000 | White | Laura Ruby | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 23:26:11 | MG | $2,750 | White | Linda Joy Singleton | 6-book series | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:25:54 | MG | $10,000 | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | Lynn Miller-Lachman | |||||
| 6/10/2020 23:36:30 | MG | $35,000 | Michael Northrup | Most earned out quickly, living off royalties. | |||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:45:35 | MG | $12,500 | Small/Indie | No | White | Cis Woman | Shannon Hale | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:47:35 | MG | $42,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:48:12 | MG | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:48:37 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Woman | Straight | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:09:38 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2010 | Small/Indie | Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:10:33 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2011 | Small/Indie | Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:13:12 | MG | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | White | Cis Woman | Debut, 2 books at 15K each | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:13:22 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:13:48 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:14:24 | MG | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Woman | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:14:52 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:15:00 | MG | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Woman | 2 books @ 35K each | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:17:23 | MG | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:23:00 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | at auction | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:30:24 | MG | $50,000 | White | Cis Woman | |||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:25:27 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Latin American | Bi/Pansexual | No | |||||
| 6/6/2020 22:30:51 | MG | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Abrams Kids | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Anthology so advance shared among all authors | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:50:46 | MG | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | At auction | |||
| 6/6/2020 23:35:06 | MG | $4,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 0:24:39 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2022 | HMHKids | No | Yes | White | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 2:09:18 | MG | $50,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 3:38:33 | MG | $7,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Only one publisher offered, and not on the book I went on sub on. | ||||
| 6/7/2020 3:44:32 | MG | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 3:47:23 | MG | $114,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Pre empt | |||
| 6/7/2020 4:35:18 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | This was after my ya hit the nytimes list | |||
| 6/7/2020 6:57:17 | MG | $45,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 7:52:10 | MG | $50,000 | English and Spanish | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Straight | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:14:27 | MG | $13,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | HMH | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | no | |||||
| 6/7/2020 8:14:48 | MG | $125,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:16:06 | MG | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:25:03 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||
| 6/7/2020 8:26:19 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:32:32 | MG | $90,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | sold at auction, 2-book deal | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:33:27 | MG | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 2-house auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:38:24 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:45:02 | MG | $2,200 | North America Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Canadian publisher | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:45:51 | MG | $2,200 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:46:34 | MG | $2,200 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Canadian publisher | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:52:20 | MG | $9,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:56:29 | MG | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | First sale, but 4th book published | ||
| 6/7/2020 9:11:52 | MG | $15,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | No | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | |||||
| 6/7/2020 9:12:52 | MG | $15,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:13:33 | MG | $20,000 | North America Only | 2010 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:48:04 | MG | $50,000 | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Gay | Yes | Preempt | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 10:12:12 | MG | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sold at auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:18:11 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:18:57 | MG | $150,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:00:46 | MG | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian, White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 11:16:52 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:44:43 | MG | $11,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Book packager | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:26:59 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | IP | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:29:05 | MG | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:30:02 | MG | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | 2nd book | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:34:41 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | my 4th book; award winning author | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:09:34 | MG | $105,000 | English Language Only | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 13:10:15 | MG | $105,000 | English Language Only | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 13:28:53 | MG | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | THE MISFITS by James Howe, RuPaul’s Drag Race | This was the sole offer on this book. | ||
| 6/7/2020 14:31:39 | MG | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Disney Hyperion | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | No | This was not a book I wrote but a book cover I illustrated | ||
| 6/7/2020 15:07:57 | MG | $25,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Preempt | |||
| 6/7/2020 15:09:06 | MG | $25,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Preempt | |||
| 6/7/2020 15:31:58 | MG | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 15:33:17 | MG | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Latin American | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 15:39:35 | MG | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2007 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 17:38:17 | MG | $20 | North America Only | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Contemporary | |||
| 6/7/2020 17:39:46 | MG | $37 | North America Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 4th book with same pub. Only first book earned oit | |||
| 6/7/2020 18:57:52 | MG | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 18:59:50 | MG | $2,300 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Black, Latin American, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | no, they hired me to write it | work for hire--flat rate, no royalties. ghostwritten - Nancy Drew-style, so my name is on the inside but not the cover | ||
| 6/7/2020 19:57:07 | MG | $65,000 | North America Only | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Black | Queer | No | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 20:12:26 | MG | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:14:17 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:14:54 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:15:26 | MG | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:16:41 | MG | $7,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:39:27 | MG | $100,000 | North America Only | 2011 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Preempt | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:52:16 | MG | $60,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 22:14:17 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Straight | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 22:14:46 | MG | $75,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 8:31:48 | MG | $18,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay, Queer | No | Advance was for both author and illustrator (white, straight, cis-man) to split as they wanted. Very odd situation. The author took 10k, the illustrator 8k. Royalties were split evenly. | |||
| 6/8/2020 8:34:06 | MG | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay, Queer | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:40:19 | MG | $47,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:46:54 | MG | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:47:45 | MG | $22,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:27:38 | MG | $50,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | Three house auction | ||
| 6/8/2020 10:34:09 | MG | $45,000 | North America Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 10:43:38 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||
| 6/8/2020 10:50:49 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | Nonwhite | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Foreign rights. Royalties. Optioned | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:13:03 | MG | $55,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | additional offer from a large imprint for $50,000 | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:14:14 | MG | $55,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:14:51 | MG | $8,500 | North America Only | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:16:46 | MG | $10,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:26:26 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual, Queer | No | No | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:28:33 | MG | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | 4-house auction. Author’s first MG but not her first book. | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:29:33 | MG | $55,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | At-auction | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:36:33 | MG | $25,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | I received offers from two different publishing houses | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:40:03 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:41:21 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:04:27 | MG | $8,500 | Worldwide | 2012 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | 3 books at this rate | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:05:15 | MG | $4,000 | English Language Only | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 12:07:16 | MG | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | debut as this pen-name--already sold books under my real name | |||
| 6/8/2020 12:07:37 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2010 | Bloomsbury | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:18:29 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:43:49 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:44:59 | MG | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:45:43 | MG | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:54:26 | MG | $750 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:55:20 | MG | $12,500 | North America Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 14:01:14 | MG | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 14:07:41 | MG | $8,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 14:35:51 | MG | $15,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 15:10:45 | MG | $17,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 15:11:28 | MG | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 16:04:25 | MG | $110,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Book was co-authored/advance split with a cis-gendered POC woman | ||
| 6/8/2020 18:37:55 | MG | $7,500 | North America Only | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 18:49:45 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 20:26:57 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Straight | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:27:06 | MG | $175,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 5 house auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 21:51:19 | MG | $0 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 22:02:29 | MG | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Straight | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:28:20 | MG | $40,000 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | ||||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:35:01 | MG | $50,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 23:30:14 | MG | $40,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | 2-book deal. | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 1:06:01 | MG | $35,000 | Black | Cis Woman | |||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 4:46:37 | MG | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 4:47:38 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 4:48:50 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Trilogy | |||
| 6/9/2020 4:52:20 | MG | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Series with 4 books | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:23:21 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 8:03:34 | MG | $30,000 | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 8:14:48 | MG | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | |||||
| 6/9/2020 11:34:58 | MG | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Jungle Book, Mad Max | Single book deal | ||
| 6/9/2020 12:15:10 | MG | $9,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Man | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 16:02:13 | MG | $60,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sold at auction in a 2- book deal (120K total advance) | |||
| 6/9/2020 16:20:50 | MG | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2021 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 19:04:21 | MG | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Other | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:13:09 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes. The Amazing Race, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library | only offer | ||
| 6/10/2020 2:07:35 | MG | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | |||
| 6/10/2020 9:33:07 | MG | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | n/a | |||
| 6/10/2020 17:27:07 | MG | $2,500 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | |||
| 6/11/2020 21:38:57 | MG | $10 | English Language Only | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sold by Patricia McCormick | |||
| 6/12/2020 3:03:20 | MG | $2,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 13:41:02 | MG | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/14/2020 18:03:20 | MG | $62,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Aru Shah, Inkheart | Multiple offers, auction | ||
| 6/15/2020 8:21:35 | MG | $5,500 | English Language Only | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No royalties (library fair book) | |||
| 6/15/2020 9:19:20 | MG | $75,000 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | At-Auction | |||||
| 6/15/2020 9:20:05 | MG | $17,500 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:02:33 | MG, Adventure | $12,000 | English Language Only | 2010 | Harper Collins | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Dee Garretson | Wildfire Run | |||||
| 6/6/2020 18:03:31 | MG, Adventure | $16,000 | English Language Only | 2011 | HarperCollins | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Dee Garretson | Wolf Storm | |||||
| 6/7/2020 20:17:32 | MG, Anthology | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 17:49:22 | MG, Contemporary | $7,500 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Amanda Rawson Hill | The Three Rules of Everyday Magic | No | |
| 6/6/2020 21:53:27 | MG, Contemporary | $20,000 | Hachette (and Imprints) | MG Debut | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Ashley Herring Blake | Ivy Aberdeen, Sunny St James | 2-book deal. | |||||
| 6/6/2020 21:53:27 | MG, Contemporary | $21,000 | Hachette (and Imprints) | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Ashley Herring Blake | Hazel Bly | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 12:13:19 | MG, Contemporary | $17,500 | Worldwide | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | No | Brooks Benjamin | My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights | |||
| 6/8/2020 18:41:57 | MG, Contemporary | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Merrill Wyatt | ERNESTINE, CATASTROPHE QUEEN | No | $7,000 in royalties to date |
| 6/8/2020 11:54:28 | MG, Contemporary | $17,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Latin American, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Merci Suarez Changes Gears | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:00:52 | MG, Contemporary | $25,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Junie B. Jones | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:19:14 | MG, Contemporary | $58,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | This was the price per book for 4 books spread across two 2-book deals, sold in 2016 and 2019. | |||
| 6/8/2020 12:00:47 | MG, Contemporary | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:01:56 | MG, Contemporary | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:36:23 | MG, Contemporary | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | This was a work for hire that I auditioned for | ||
| 6/6/2020 23:46:15 | MG, Graphic Novel | $25,000 | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | Amparo Ortiz | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:54:17 | MG, Graphic Novel | $42,500 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Chad Sell | Cardboard Kingdom, Doodleville | Cardboard Kingdom split with writers, Doodleville was not. Cardboard Kingdom has earned out. | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:31:42 | MG, Graphic Novel | $17,500 | 2016 | First Second | No | White | Cis Man | Drew Weing | 2 books. 10% royalties. | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:31:42 | MG, Graphic Novel | $20,000 | 2016 | First Second | No | White | Cis Man | Drew Weing | 10% royalties. | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 9:27:42 | MG, Graphic Novel | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Nilah Magruder | M.F.K. | sole offer | |
| 6/9/2020 9:29:24 | MG, Graphic Novel | $155,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Nilah Magruder | Creaky Acres | Illustrator only. At auction. Full deal was $255,000 advance, 60/40 split in artist's favor (I may have the math wrong but I THINK my share is $155k), 50/50 royalties. | |
| 6/6/2020 21:46:11 | MG, Graphic Novel | $120,000 | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | Victoria Ying | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 23:37:29 | MG, Graphic Novel | $9,500 | 2019 | Oni Press | Yes | East Asian | Wendy Xu | Mooncakes | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:08:46 | MG, Graphic Novel | $17,500 | 2017, 2019 | Large (Big 5) | East Asian | Cis Woman | Amulet, CiCi's Journal, The Witch Boy, Cleopatra in Space | 8% softcover, 10% hardcover, unagented, debut graphic novel series - 2 books in full color, ~208 pages | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 1:22:31 | MG, Graphic Novel | $70,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-empt | |||
| 6/7/2020 3:39:33 | MG, Graphic Novel | $75,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | No | Pre-empt, one book of a two-book deal | |||
| 6/7/2020 5:16:47 | MG, Graphic Novel | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | DC | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:52:51 | MG, Graphic Novel | $27,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | No | Multiracial | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | No | 3-book deal; artist only, with author credits. Now agented. | |||
| 6/8/2020 20:59:14 | MG, Graphic Novel | $9,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Black, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Lumberjanes | |||
| 6/9/2020 22:28:43 | MG, Graphic Novel | $100,000 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 13:06:06 | MG, Graphic Novel | $13,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:18:00 | MG, Historical | $60,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Fighting Words | no | 12th novel, 18th pub. book. Debut advance, 1998, was $4,000. 10th book, $25K advance, was #1 NYT bestseller, major award winner. 11th book advance $50K; 12th book $60 K | |
| 6/8/2020 15:47:11 | MG, Historical | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Tina Athaide | Orange For The Sunsets | Yes: Child of Dandelions | |
| 6/8/2020 13:52:57 | MG, Historical | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate | |||
| 6/7/2020 19:00:44 | MG, Historical | $2,500 | North America Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Black, Latin American, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | work for hire--flat rate, no royalties. yes in the sense that it's the first one with my name on the cover | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:30:08 | MG, Historical | $40,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Auction | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:14:44 | MG, Historical | $8,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Work-for-hire, X3 | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:21:42 | MG, Historical, Audio | $11,500 | Worldwide | 2007 | Little Bee (Bonnier) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Rachel (R.L.) Toalson | THE COLORS OF THE RAIN | no | |
| 6/8/2020 10:31:28 | MG, Historical, Horror | $40,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | No | Option novel | |||
| 6/7/2020 0:15:47 | MG, Horror | $35,000 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Southeast Asian | Hanna Alkaf | The Weight of Our Sky | Salaam Reads. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 21:51:29 | MG, Hybrid Prose/Poetry | $85,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | None | Exclusive submission to existing publisher. It sold for the same as previous book (which was sold at auction) | ||
| 6/7/2020 13:03:28 | MG, IP | $12,000 | IP | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | N/a - IP | Sold 1 book, immediately sold a two book for the series after that (all at the same amount) | |||
| 6/6/2020 17:35:38 | MG, LGBT | $72,000 | Large (Big 5) | Non-Binary/Agender | Alex Gino | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:42:57 | MG, LGBT | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Gay, Lesbian, Queer | Yes | at-auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:01:06 | MG, Non-Fiction | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 13:12:39 | MG, Non-Fiction | $1,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | Illustration only, 12 illustrations | ||||
| 6/8/2020 16:19:54 | MG, Non-Fiction | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 6:25:37 | MG, Non-Fiction | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 14:59:27 | MG, Non-Fiction | $13,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | multiple offers | |||
| 6/10/2020 21:00:42 | MG, Non-Fiction, Illustrator Only | $30,000 | White | Cis Woman | Tyler Feder | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 12:20:19 | MG, Paranormal | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Goosebumps meets Stranger Things | It's the first in a series and the publisher bought two books | ||
| 6/9/2020 0:17:36 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | White | Cis Man | Adam Selzer | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 6:15:58 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | Andrew S. Chilton | The Goblin's Puzzle:Being the Adventures of a Boy With No Name and Two Girls Called Alice | No, I don't think so. | |
| 6/8/2020 9:42:12 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $9,600 | North America Only | 2006 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Chris Abouzeid | Anatopsis | Don't remember. | Paid out, receive approximately $25.00 in royalties per year. |
| 6/6/2020 17:33:16 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | 2016 | E Latimer | 2-book deal. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 10:50:49 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | Large (Big 5) | No | East Asian | Ellen Oh | No | Foreign rights. Royalties. Optioned | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 7:11:00 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $60,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Geoff Rodkey | We're Not From Here | ||
| 6/8/2020 22:32:08 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $60,000 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Man | Straight | James A. Owen | Prior to financial crash of 2008. | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:44:05 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | Kent Davis | A Riddle in Ruby, The Changer's Key, The Great Unravel | 3-book deal. | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 12:27:54 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Candlewick Press/Walker Books | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Lindsay Eagar | HOUR OF THE BEES/RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA | ||
| 6/8/2020 17:55:44 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Melinda Beatty | HEARTSEEKER and RIVERBOUND | Ella Enchanted, Princess Academy | |
| 6/8/2020 20:31:22 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,500 | Small/Indie | Nicole Kornher-Stace | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 11:29:35 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | Patrick Samphire | No | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:25:56 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | Patrick Samphire | Secrets of the Dragon Tomb | No | |
| 6/8/2020 11:26:58 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | Patrick Samphire | The Emperor of Mars | No | |
| 6/8/2020 11:30:23 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | Patrick Samphire | No | ||
| 6/6/2020 23:34:00 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $75,000 | White | Cis Woman | Rachel Hawkins | Duology | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:48:16 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | 2017 | Houghton Mifflin | White | Sarah Porter | Tentacle and Wing | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:07:54 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $100,000 | 2017 | Crown Books | White | Cis Man | Scott Reintgen | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 11:49:24 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Quirk Books | Yes | No | Latin American, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Tania del Rio | Warren the 13th | No | |
| 6/7/2020 11:23:14 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $140,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Warriors, Watership Down, Guardians of Ga'hool, Redwall | exclusive submission to existing editor of my YA debut | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:58:19 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | No | Wildwood, Spirited Away | ||||
| 6/7/2020 14:38:12 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Aru Shah and the End of Time, Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond | |||
| 6/8/2020 9:51:05 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | The Witches and Wayside School | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:07:26 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova and Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:33:40 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Hatchet and the movie Castaway | It was a single book deal | ||
| 6/6/2020 17:56:42 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $45,000 | 2011 | Small/Indie | MG Debut | White | Cis Man | Straight | Debut book earned out. Subsequent books have been between 40-100k. All but one have earned out. | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:53:37 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $130,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Disney | MG Debut | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | There were multiple offers which drove it up. Also, Disney paid a $20k increase for the last book. I think the reason it was so high was because they had chosen it as the lead title of the imprint. | |||
| 6/6/2020 22:12:19 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | 2021 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | MG Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Pre-empt, 2 book deal | |||||
| 6/7/2020 0:04:16 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | Scholastic | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:20:51 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $14,000 | North America Only | 2007 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 0:22:31 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $16,000 | North America Only | 2009 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 0:24:01 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $17,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 4:21:01 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Demi/Asexual | No | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 6:52:31 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:30:12 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Candlewick Press/Walker Books | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | The Girl Who Drank the Moon & Blackbringer | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:01:34 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:21:07 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Multiple offers | |||||
| 6/7/2020 12:22:18 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 12:25:59 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | HOLES meets THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET | Four house auction, earned out and earned $20,000 in royalties | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:41:27 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | 2 book deal, 20k each; my 6th & 7th books; award-winning author | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:59:36 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 13:53:57 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:54:36 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:55:24 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $75,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 15:34:31 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 6:48:23 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:16:08 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $22,500 | English Language Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 10:21:10 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $45,000 | English Language Only | 2011 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Coraline, The Mysterious Benedict Society | At-auction | ||
| 6/8/2020 10:23:23 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:24:54 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:15:39 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Pen Name Debut | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:17:10 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $4,500 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 17:21:22 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2004 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 17:22:39 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2011 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Pre-empt | |||||
| 6/8/2020 19:46:02 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 5:10:57 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2005 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 5:12:31 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $125,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Game of Thrones, Harry Potter | Award-winning author | ||
| 6/9/2020 10:23:30 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:13:53 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | No | auction | |||
| 6/9/2020 12:16:57 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:36:41 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:40:29 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $90,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 10:46:31 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Bloomsbury | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | PERCY JACKSON | Sold at auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:03:15 | MG, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Thriller/Mystery | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 21:51:33 | MG, Thriller/Mystery | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Mr. Limoncello's Library, The Westing Game | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:05:50 | MG, Verse | $50,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | MG Debut | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | Auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:14:19 | MG, Verse | $50,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | MG Debut | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | At auction multiple offers | ||
| 6/6/2020 22:34:39 | MG, Verse | $85,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | The Crossover, Secret Coders | Pre-empt to 4-house auction, | ||
| 6/7/2020 11:26:05 | MG, Verse | $125,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | MG Debut | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes agent compared them to 2 bestseller award-winning MG books. | multiple offers at auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 15:27:44 | MG, Verse | $24,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Multiple offers for auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 16:30:17 | MG, Verse | $24,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Straight | No | yes | auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 16:02:01 | MG, Verse | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | Multiple offers | ||
| 6/7/2020 15:30:44 | MG, YA | $18,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | No | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 19:59:35 | MG, YA, Non-Fiction | $2,600 | WFH | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/11/2020 0:10:23 | Mystery/Thriller | $10,000 | 2007 | Kate Pearce | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:17:00 | Mystery/Thriller | $5,000 | Work for Hire | ||||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 7:23:46 | Non-Fiction | $70,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Abrams Press | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Amos Barshad | No One Man Should Have All That Power | ||
| 6/8/2020 19:03:29 | Non-Fiction | $135,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Autumn Whitefield-Madrano | Face Value: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives | ||
| 6/11/2020 8:31:43 | Non-Fiction | $300,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Bradford Pearson | The Eagles of Heart Mountain | At-auction | |
| 6/9/2020 11:25:48 | Non-Fiction | $40,000 | North America Only | 2007 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Cathy Day | Comeback Season | ||
| 6/7/2020 0:09:46 | Non-Fiction | $0 | White | Cis Man | Chuck Wendig | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:09:46 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | White | Cis Man | Chuck Wendig | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 22:46:41 | Non-Fiction | $1,000,000 | Cliff Sims | 1000000 | |||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:18:38 | Non-Fiction | $135,000 | 2006 | Scribner | Yes | White | Cis Man | Daniel Radosh | Rapture Ready | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 9:40:28 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Continuum | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Daphne Carr | Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine | No | This was a 33 1/3 and recently they started distro with Spotify. It was the first time I ever got info that I would get royalties. Hasn’t happened yet but maybe?! |
| 6/7/2020 4:24:18 | Non-Fiction | $40,000 | Australia, UK and North America | 2017 | Penguin Random House (Hay House) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Denise Duffield-Thomas | Chillpreneur | Also have them the rights to do my first two self published books. No advance but royalties | |
| 6/7/2020 19:22:10 | Non-Fiction | $155,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Gay | Yes | Devon Price | Laziness Does Not Exist | You Are A Badass, Shop Class as Soulcraft | Four bids from the big five at auction 75k-155k, 12% royalties, $50,000+ bonus if the book earns out |
| 6/10/2020 1:01:31 | Non-Fiction | $25,000 | Yes | Dustin Hansen | |||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 22:46:00 | Non-Fiction | $3,000,000 | 2018 | Flatiron | James Comey | A Higher Loyalty | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 14:34:03 | Non-Fiction | $8,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Firefly Books | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | PTSD | Janet Somerville | Yours, for Probably Always | Book has not earned out advance yet. Royalty rate is 8% | |
| 6/11/2020 7:22:32 | Non-Fiction | $135,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Jennifer Keishin Armstrong | When Women Invented Television | The Queens of Animation, Ninth Street Women, Good Girls Revolt, Girls Like Us | multiple offers, already-published bestseller |
| 6/10/2020 11:11:48 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 1995 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Jess Walter | Every Knee Shall Bow | Was a Pulitzer Prize finalist as a journalist and topic was newsworthy | |
| 6/10/2020 23:27:49 | Non-Fiction | $8,000 | Yes | Jessica Hische | In Progress | Additional $4000 for postcard set. ~8 months of work. Earned out in 3 months. | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:10:08 | Non-Fiction | $65,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Joanne McNeil | Lurking | No | |
| 6/7/2020 22:46:24 | Non-Fiction | $2,000,000 | 2020 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | John Bolton | The Room Where It Happened | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:08:18 | Non-Fiction | $17,500 | Kameron Hurley | Geek Feminist Revolution | Earned out. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 7:56:48 | Non-Fiction | $20,000 | North America and Canada | 2015 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Kirsten Ott Palladino | Equally Wed: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ+ Wedding | Already had a platform of an online magazine dedicated to subject matter | |
| 6/11/2020 13:39:43 | Non-Fiction | $250,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | LAUREN MARKHAM | The Far Away Brothers | Yes. Enrique's Journey, Random Family. | Pre-empt offer |
| 6/6/2020 21:35:59 | Non-Fiction | $20,000 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Mallory O'Meara | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:37:35 | Non-Fiction | $50,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Mallory O'Meara | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 12:49:13 | Non-Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Manjula Martin | Fruit Trees for Every Garden | Comps were other gardening books, all by white people | $25k for a coauthored gardening how-to book, split between two authors |
| 6/8/2020 6:47:22 | Non-Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2009 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Mark Sundeen | The Man Who Quit Money | no | This was my 4th book, and biggest advance so far. IT was a paperback original and has sold about 60k copies and has earned back the advance, and now I get about $1000 per year in royalties |
| 6/9/2020 14:50:44 | Non-Fiction | $210,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Matthew Hutson | The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking | Believing in Magic, Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, SuperSense, Why People Believe Weird Things, Why We Believe What We Believe (all by white men) | multiple offers at auction |
| 6/10/2020 10:27:15 | Non-Fiction | $265,000 | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern, White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Maurice Chammah | Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty | Some of the advance went to research costs and fact-checking | ||
| 6/10/2020 1:54:29 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | Harvard University Press | Trans Woman | McKenzie Wark | A Hacker Manifesto | Earned out. | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 20:09:24 | Non-Fiction | $150,000 | North America Only | 2002 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Minal Hajratwala | Leaving India | No | |
| 6/9/2020 20:10:37 | Non-Fiction | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Travel guidebook | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Minal Hajratwala | Moon Fiji | No | |
| 6/11/2020 0:00:43 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | Nora Loreto | ||||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 0:00:43 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | Nora Loreto | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:33:09 | Non-Fiction | $7,500 | 2007 | AMACOM | Yes | Yes | Patrick O'Keefe | Managing Online Forums | Signed with a small press in 2005 for $2k, but they dropped me. Regrouped, found an agent, and signed for $7.5k in 2007. | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 22:45:33 | Non-Fiction | $3,000,000 | 2019 | Little/Brown (Hachette) | Ronan Farrow | Catch and Kill | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:31:37 | Non-Fiction | $15,000 | 2014 | Harper Perennial | Black | Roxane Gay | Bad Feminist | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:12:47 | Non-Fiction | $10,500 | Quirk Books | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Sam Maggs | Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:12:47 | Non-Fiction | $17,500 | Quirk Books | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Sam Maggs | Wonder Women | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:12:47 | Non-Fiction | $17,500 | Quirk Books | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Sam Maggs | Girl Squads | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:49:20 | Non-Fiction | $2,986 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Yes | Sarah Kurchak | I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder | Autistic. | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:42:03 | Non-Fiction | $50,000 | William Morrow | Scott Carney | The Red Market | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:42:53 | Non-Fiction | $100,000 | Avery | Scott Carney | A Death on Diamond Mountain | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 22:43:47 | Non-Fiction | $135,000 | Rodale | No | Scott Carney | What Doesn't Kill Us | |||||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:09:46 | Non-Fiction | $150,000 | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Southeast Asian | Cis Man | Viet Thanh Nguyen | THE DISPLACED | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 17:02:52 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | Yes | White | William Ottens | Librarian Tales | Solicited. | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:13:11 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 20:53:04 | Non-Fiction | $225,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Lesbian | No | At auction, multiple offers | ||||
| 6/6/2020 23:08:05 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Chronicle | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 1:35:53 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 1:37:39 | Non-Fiction | $18,000 | North America Only | 2011 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 2:21:02 | Non-Fiction | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 6:04:00 | Non-Fiction | $75,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes, other very popular books in my sub-category. | |||
| 6/7/2020 6:05:33 | Non-Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | My previous self published sales proved my appeal to readers. | |||
| 6/7/2020 6:08:27 | Non-Fiction | $200,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | I used massive bestsellers in my sub genre and my sel published sales record. | I am self published as well as trad and I use this as leverage when we negotiate. I encourage all of you to look into self pubbing. | ||
| 6/7/2020 7:03:39 | Non-Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 8:11:34 | Non-Fiction | $75,000 | Worldwide | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 9:00:07 | Non-Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | No | No | Academic book. Payment: "10 per cent of the net amounts received by the Publisher". | |||
| 6/7/2020 9:06:13 | Non-Fiction | $45,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 9:35:53 | Non-Fiction | $3 | Other Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:44:19 | Non-Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2016 | University Press | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:45:05 | Non-Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | University Press | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:53:36 | Non-Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:33:12 | Non-Fiction | $310,000 | North America Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sold at auction (amount was the third-highest bid, $45000 below highest offer) | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:40:58 | Non-Fiction | $3,500 | English Language Only | 2004 | Oxford | Yes | No | White | Other | Yes | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:53:38 | Non-Fiction | $550 | Worldwide | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:44:48 | Non-Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:26:03 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | English Language Only | 2004 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:27:04 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | North America Only | 2007 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:28:07 | Non-Fiction | $1,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:45:04 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Seal, then bought out by Hachette | Yes | Yes | White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Yes | I had sold $3000 worth of electronic copies of an unpublished book which got media industry attention prior to selling the book that was published. Mental health disability. | ||
| 6/7/2020 13:49:52 | Non-Fiction | $250,000 | English Language Only | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Straight | Yes | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 17:14:36 | Non-Fiction | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | preempt. had edited/published edited a poetry anthology that sold well | ||||
| 6/7/2020 19:43:26 | Non-Fiction | $125,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Yes | |||||
| 6/7/2020 23:10:49 | Non-Fiction | $175 | Worldwide | 2015 | McFarland & Co. | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 4:55:08 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 4:55:54 | Non-Fiction | $9,000 | Europe & Commonwealth | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 6:09:00 | Non-Fiction | $825,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Already published bestseller | |||
| 6/8/2020 7:28:35 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | North America Only | 2010 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Gay | No | No | I did not pitch this book idea; publisher came to me. | ||
| 6/8/2020 7:49:09 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2010 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:29:38 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:31:08 | Non-Fiction | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | The Making of the Atomic Bomb, The Emperor of All Maladies | Imprint not part of Hachette at the time of sale (was with a mid-sized publisher) but was acquired shortly thereafter. Multiple offers. Critical and commercial success. Advance was earned out within a year of publication. Multiple translation deals after publication. | ||
| 6/8/2020 10:39:14 | Non-Fiction | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:49:52 | Non-Fiction | $20,000 | Can't recall | 2011 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:59:11 | Non-Fiction | $115,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Multiple offers | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:38:02 | Non-Fiction | $175,000 | North America Only | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at-auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:40:13 | Non-Fiction | $200,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | pre-empt | |||
| 6/8/2020 12:20:48 | Non-Fiction | $110,000 | US only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes: The Orchid Thief, The Golden Spruce | At auction, then again at auction in Canada and the U.S. | ||
| 6/8/2020 12:39:11 | Non-Fiction | $350,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual | No | sold in pre-empt | |||
| 6/8/2020 13:03:45 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:33:58 | Non-Fiction | $300,000 | North America Only | 2021 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 13:39:02 | Non-Fiction | $10,300 | UK/Commonwealth | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Stella Tillyard, The Aristocratic | went to auction but only got a single offer, raised as a good-will gesture | ||
| 6/8/2020 14:39:43 | Non-Fiction | $90 | Canada only, english | 2015 | Formac Lorimer | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Hello New York by Julia Rothman, Every Building in New York by Jame Gulliver Hancock | I was taken advantage of ! But it was my first book and became a best seller. | ||
| 6/8/2020 14:40:48 | Non-Fiction | $9,500 | North America Only | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Hello New York by Julia Rothman | |||
| 6/8/2020 15:42:04 | Non-Fiction | $70,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Latin American, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Five house auction (Graywolf, Bloomsbury, Norton, Riverhead, Little Brown) | |||
| 6/8/2020 17:25:53 | Non-Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 19:11:06 | Non-Fiction | $60,000 | Worldwide | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 23:27:01 | Non-Fiction | $85,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at auction | |||
| Non-Fiction | $3,000 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 2:53:35 | Non-Fiction | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | Yes | Substantial social media following. | ||
| 6/9/2020 2:54:06 | Non-Fiction | $500,000 | North America Only | 2010 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 3:02:20 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 4:57:29 | Non-Fiction | $125,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Unbroken, Boys in the Boat, Dead Wake | at-auction | ||
| 6/9/2020 5:02:29 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 5:24:04 | Non-Fiction | $200,000 | North America Only | 2010 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 6:49:29 | Non-Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2020 | Academic Press | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:04:28 | Non-Fiction | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | at-auction | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:22:44 | Non-Fiction | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | National Geographic Society | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Work for hire. | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:24:19 | Non-Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | National Geographic Society | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:37:06 | Non-Fiction | $60,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Award-winning Author | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:56:18 | Non-Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:57:28 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 9:00:22 | Non-Fiction | $125,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian, Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:14:54 | Non-Fiction | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Large (Big 5) | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:15:52 | Non-Fiction | $35,000 | English Language Only | 2000 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:58:51 | Non-Fiction | $1,200 | Worldwide | 2015 | Bloomsbury | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes, used a variety, including big 5 | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:27:17 | Non-Fiction | $1,700 | English Language Only | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No. | Debut, very little following, no royalties earned (yet?) | ||
| 6/9/2020 11:38:31 | Non-Fiction | $50,000 | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 11:38:32 | Non-Fiction | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2006 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Both | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | There were two offers, both for same amount of money, Co-edited anthology -- 1st book for one editor / 6th book for other editor | |||
| 6/9/2020 11:40:08 | Non-Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2011 | University Press | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:51:53 | Non-Fiction | $12,500 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:20:18 | Non-Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Sterling Publishing | Yes | No | East Asian, Nonwhite | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:41:22 | Non-Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:42:01 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:44:03 | Non-Fiction | $40,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:49:49 | Non-Fiction | $65,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 13:50:14 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | sold on proposal | |||
| 6/9/2020 14:43:06 | Non-Fiction | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Chronicle Books | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | No | 15k total split with a co-author, we also did the bulk of design and illustration, royalties set at 6-7% per copy after advance, agent took 15% cut | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:19:17 | Non-Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:21:54 | Non-Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | No | Multiple authors, all trans, 2 white, one non-white | |||
| 6/9/2020 15:23:38 | Non-Fiction | $125,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 17:33:00 | Non-Fiction | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Book earned out quickly; won a regional book award | ||
| 6/9/2020 17:34:35 | Non-Fiction | $11,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Second book, different genre than first | ||
| 6/9/2020 17:35:53 | Non-Fiction | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 19:24:36 | Non-Fiction | $150,000 | Worldwide | 2004 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | No | Three other offers; sale based on 15,000 word proposal/outline | ||
| 6/9/2020 19:26:15 | Non-Fiction | $250,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | no | Previous book was NYT bestseller | ||
| 6/9/2020 20:56:59 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 5:05:51 | Non-Fiction | $60,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 6:57:37 | Non-Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2006 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Royalties every year since | |||
| 6/10/2020 6:58:19 | Non-Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2013 | Self-Pub | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 7:00:43 | Non-Fiction | $6,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Heal Your Headache, Migraine Brain, Migraine Miracle | Translated into Spanish and Bulgarian | ||
| 6/10/2020 7:01:33 | Non-Fiction | $9,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | no | |||
| 6/10/2020 8:43:12 | Non-Fiction | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2005 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/10/2020 10:36:15 | Non-Fiction | $13,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes, but most were academic titles. Main mainstream title was written by three women, one who was an author of color: The Faith Club | |||
| 6/10/2020 11:28:08 | Non-Fiction | $70,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 12:02:05 | Non-Fiction | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | co-authored, so half the advance (co-author is white cis straight male) | |||
| 6/10/2020 12:53:53 | Non-Fiction | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Not really | 3 offers, this was the highest. no other deals. | ||
| 6/10/2020 13:01:48 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | No | |||
| 6/10/2020 13:38:18 | Non-Fiction | $60,000 | Worldwide | 2003 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | It took me 3 rounds of going out to publishers and 37 rejections before I got this offer and one other. The sales process took two years and took everything out of me. I cried under my desk at work several times. I experienced many editors saying yes and many higher-ups saying no because my book challenged the market. In the end, my book sold 20,000 copies, which is a lot for a book, but I still didn't earn out my advance. I had four months to write the book (crash schedule. The book promotion process was very intense and I felt I had no right to say no to many requests. It took two years to recover my health afterward after intense insomnia (sometimes 7 nights with no sleep). Of course we have to factor in taxes and agent fees and realize too that authors do not get to keep the lump sums listed here. In my opinion, writing books is not a way to earn a living - at least not for me - because I am too slow a writer. I learned I had to start a business to support myself that would give me time to continue to write books, since that is my deepest calling. | |||
| 6/10/2020 14:05:07 | Non-Fiction | $0 | English Language Only | 2020 | University | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 14:18:41 | Non-Fiction | $40,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Behind the Beautiful Forevers, The Hare With the Amber Eyes | + foreign rights to multiple countries | ||
| 6/10/2020 15:28:23 | Non-Fiction | $12,500 | Commonwealth excluding North America | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | yes | I have zero public platform, no Twitter, and am mid-twenties - the reason i managed to get a deal is because i'm writing about a specific subculture 'from the inside' | ||
| 6/10/2020 15:31:20 | Non-Fiction | $90,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Multiple Offers | |||
| 6/10/2020 17:17:20 | Non-Fiction | $300,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Bought at auction, multiple offers in this range | ||
| 6/10/2020 17:44:45 | Non-Fiction | $20,000 | English Language Only | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Nonwhite | Straight | No | Yes | At around the same time, similar nonfiction books in the same genre by several white authors of comparable or lesser professional experience, accomplishments and media platforms sold to large publishers for six-figures. | ||||
| 6/10/2020 19:32:12 | Non-Fiction | $250 | Worldwide | 2019 | Academic | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | Yes | ||||
| 6/10/2020 22:22:08 | Non-Fiction | $300,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | at-auction | |||
| 6/10/2020 22:23:08 | Non-Fiction | $500,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | multiple offers | |||
| 6/11/2020 0:32:57 | Non-Fiction | $5,000 | North America Only | 2006 | New Society Publishers | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | No | |||
| 6/11/2020 5:59:47 | Non-Fiction | $8,700 | Worldwide | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 7:16:29 | Non-Fiction | $8,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 10:17:38 | Non-Fiction | $0 | North America Only | 2016 | Academic Press (Creative Imprint) | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Royalties at 7%. No advance. | |||
| 6/11/2020 10:50:56 | Non-Fiction | $500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Oxford UP | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 12:19:08 | Non-Fiction | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/11/2020 13:52:44 | Non-Fiction | $205,000 | English Language Only | 2001 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | A Tribe Apart, A Hope in the Unseen | 10 major publishers bid at auction; I was a staff writer at a top 3 newspaper | ||
| 6/11/2020 13:54:13 | Non-Fiction | $150,000 | English Language Only | 2004 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Had published 1 book, a NYT extended list bestseller; staff writer at top 3 newspaper | |||
| 6/11/2020 18:03:04 | Non-Fiction | $45,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Yes | Multiple offers (5), sold at auction | ||
| 6/12/2020 0:19:57 | Non-Fiction | $20,000 | North America Only | 2011 | Wiley | No | Yes | Multiracial | No | ||||||
| 6/12/2020 4:51:44 | Non-Fiction | $62,500 | English Language Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Third book with this UK-based publisher, previous advances were 22.5k, 19k. 19k book earned out, was optioned by Hollywood production company. Foreign sales for third book about 40k to date. | |||
| 6/12/2020 8:09:41 | Non-Fiction | $100,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 8:10:22 | Non-Fiction | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2008 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 8:10:53 | Non-Fiction | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 8:11:27 | Non-Fiction | $150,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/12/2020 12:41:33 | Non-Fiction | $11,500 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Nonwhite, White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Lab Girl, Michael Pollan, Wild | |||
| 6/12/2020 21:02:31 | Non-Fiction | $45,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Yes | Multiple offers (5), sold at auction | ||
| 6/13/2020 11:22:48 | Non-Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | East Asian | Public Service Information Technology: The Definitive Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology for Cost-Effective Operations and Services | Yes | None | ||||
| 6/13/2020 16:13:33 | Non-Fiction | $2,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/13/2020 22:04:01 | Non-Fiction | $200,000 | Worldwide | 2007 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Not in my book proposal. Don't know if agent did | At auction, after a magazine cover story, multiple offers. All four installments of advance, paid out over 4 years, were spent on research and reporting. | ||
| 6/14/2020 7:49:50 | Non-Fiction | $100,000 | North America Only | 2005 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 9:26:17 | Non-Fiction, Academic | $0 | Worldwide | 2015 | Annenberg Press | No | No | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 6:59:01 | Non-Fiction, Audio | $473,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Abel James | The Wild Diet | Multiple offers from bidding, many in the 300-400k range. | |
| 6/7/2020 11:37:53 | Non-Fiction, Cookbook | $27,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes. Don't recall but 4 or 5 on general subject to show need for/room for my book. | |||
| 6/10/2020 19:00:23 | Non-Fiction, edited anthology | $500 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/10/2020 23:34:40 | Non-Fiction, Essay | $15,000 | Knopf | No | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Porochista Khakpour | Brown Album | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 11:11:55 | Non-Fiction, Essay | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 0:30:57 | Non-Fiction, Graphic Novel | $2,000 | Black | Cis Man | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:53:19 | Non-Fiction, Humor | $75,000 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Jenn Mann | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:53:19 | Non-Fiction, Humor | $200,000 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Jenn Mann | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:00:42 | Non-Fiction, Illustrator Only | $45,000 | White | Cis Woman | Tyler Feder | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:57:53 | Non-Fiction, Knitting | $4,000 | Cis Woman | Shannon Okey | 2 books | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:57:53 | Non-Fiction, Knitting | $5,000 | Interweave | Cis Woman | Shannon Okey | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:57:53 | Non-Fiction, Knitting | $6,000 | 10 Speed | Cis Woman | Shannon Okey | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:17:12 | Non-Fiction, LGBT | $21,000 | Plume | Yes | Bi/Pansexual | Lindsay King-Miller | Ask A Queer Chick | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 6:42:44 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | Amy Long | Codependence | The Empathy Exams, Bluets | |
| 6/11/2020 0:13:30 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $10,000 | Yes | Cis Woman | Andrea Avery | Sonata: A Memoir of Pain and the Piano | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:46:23 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $17,000 | UK & Commonwealth excl Canada | 2013 | Faber & Faber | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Anne H Putnam | Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal | Only offer, negotiated up a bit | |
| 6/9/2020 8:49:05 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $6,500 | North America Only | 2004 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Bernadette Murphy | The Knitter's Gift | no | |
| 6/9/2020 8:50:50 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $35,000 | North America Only | 2008 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Bernadette Murphy | The Tao Gals' Guide to Real Estate | yes | |
| 6/9/2020 8:51:45 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $7,500 | North America Only | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Bernadette Murphy | Harley and Me | yes | |
| 6/9/2020 8:47:02 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $5,000 | North America Only | 2002 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Bernadette Murphy | Zen and the Art of Knitting | yes | |
| 6/8/2020 2:04:50 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $135,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Caroline Calloway | School Girl | $500,000 advance, but I didn't write the book so I didn't get the full amount. | |
| 6/8/2020 11:01:36 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $0 | Worldwide | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Native American/First Nations | Cis Woman | Yes | Elissa Washuta | My Body Is a Book of Rules | It was submitted by an agent, but he quit agenting, so I was on my own for the contract signing.. Royalties are 10% of net receipts. | ||
| 6/6/2020 19:26:39 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Grand Central Publishing | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | Keena Roberts | Wild Life | |||||
| 6/10/2020 23:14:06 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $5,000 | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Kiese Laymon | How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America | Went from $17K and down because asked to remove racial politics. Then sold 50K copies at 10% royalties. | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 1:01:33 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $6,000 | Small/Indie | Yes | East Asian | Lindsay Wong | The Woo-Woo | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 6:19:11 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $150,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Bloomsbury US | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Matt Young | Eat the Apple | Sold at auction | |
| 6/8/2020 13:30:29 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $5,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Mike Scalise | The Brand New Catastrophe | ||
| 6/6/2020 20:58:08 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $20,000 | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Porochista Khakpour | Sick: A Memoir | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 11:13:23 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Rose Andersen | The Heart and Other Monsters | The Fact of A Body, The Other Side | |
| 6/6/2020 20:33:18 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $100,000 | 2017 | HarperCollins | Black | Roxane Gay | Hunger | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 16:01:00 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $70,000 | 2009 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Suzanne Morrison | Yoga Bitch | yes | Multiple translations | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:18:59 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Amazon Publishing (Little A) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Vanessa McGrady | Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption | God and Jetfire, Mommy Man, Born With Teeth | I also have gotten $5K twice for agreeing to be a free First Reads selection | |
| 6/9/2020 13:47:55 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $45,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 14:33:24 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:16:22 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2009 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | Yes | No | At auction | ||
| 6/9/2020 17:49:10 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $5,000 | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 18:03:12 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 18:04:37 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $300,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 18:08:18 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $825,000 | North America Only | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 10:59:44 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $25,000 | North America Only | 1996 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:00:42 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $0 | North America Only | 2006 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:43:11 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:59:21 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $15,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/9/2020 7:04:59 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $7,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | No | Received another $7000 for audiobook. | ||
| 6/9/2020 8:28:02 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $5,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | sold on proposal | ||||
| 6/8/2020 15:55:37 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $110,000 | North America Only | 2011 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | At auction. | |||
| 6/8/2020 13:47:49 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $40,000 | Self-Distributed | 2016 | Self-Pub | Yes | No | None | Ghostwritten | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 13:29:37 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $10,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | Yes | award-winning author | |||
| 6/7/2020 15:18:10 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $75,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Phoebe Robinson, Issa Rae | |||
| 6/8/2020 3:49:19 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $16,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 3:57:55 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | Allen & Unwin | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Love & Other U-Turns | No | ||
| 6/8/2020 5:28:13 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Amazon Publishing | Yes | No | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 5:29:07 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $17,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:16:30 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $75,000 | English Language Only | 2004 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Sold on a chapter and a pitch - it was a high concept one liner situation. | |||
| 6/8/2020 8:56:46 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $100,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Yes | No | One other offer for 12000 | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:58:59 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $45,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 15:52:38 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $150,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | co-authored, 50/50 split | |||
| 6/8/2020 15:56:50 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $150,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | co-authored, 50/50 split | |||
| 6/6/2020 23:01:38 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $650,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Gay | No | 3 offers | |||
| 6/7/2020 5:57:47 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $30,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Pacific Islander | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | no | 2 other offers, both lower | ||
| 6/7/2020 6:38:06 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Was part of Perseus (an independent then). Later became imprint of Hachette | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 7:25:50 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $50,000 | North America Only | 2011 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | East Asian | Straight | No | A Year in Provence | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:19:37 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $225,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Priest Daddy by Patricia Lockwood | Preemptive deal (meaning that my publisher made a high offer first to stop the book from going to auction) | ||
| 6/7/2020 11:30:37 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at-auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:10:25 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $75,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | No | No auction. | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:54:54 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $125,000 | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 10:29:20 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $3,000 | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Nonwhite | No | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 10:46:32 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern, White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yea | At auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 16:53:03 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Native American/First Nations, White | Queer | No | Yes—my life in middlemarch | I sold my book to an indie publisher that was then bought by Hachette between purchase and publication | |||
| 6/8/2020 7:09:27 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $19,000 | World English | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | At auction | ||
| 6/8/2020 9:33:42 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $7,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 8:24:10 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $60,000 | North America Only | 2010 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Man | Gay | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 11:16:33 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $125,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 12:23:46 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Latin American, Nonwhite, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Lesbian, Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:26:40 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $18 | English Language Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | multiple offers, award winning author | |||
| 6/9/2020 13:27:29 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Department of Speculation, 10:04, Bluets | Only offer | ||
| 6/9/2020 13:31:21 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 19:10:27 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $25,000 | North America Only | 2008 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 19:26:13 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $8,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 13:16:25 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | $0 | Other Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Gay, Lesbian, Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:11:32 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Co-Author | $45,000 | Work for Hire | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Ghostwriting | No | Black | Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem | No royalties | |||||
| 6/9/2020 23:49:20 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Essay | $40,000 | Large (Big 5) | Native American/First Nations | Cis Woman | Alicia Elliott | A Mind Spread on the Ground | Additional $3K for US and UK rights. | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 23:41:25 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Essay | $100,000 | Knopf | Cis Woman | Lesbian | Lauren Hough | Different Colored Doorways | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 14:55:48 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Essay | $400,000 | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Mandy Len Catron | How to Fall In Love with Anyone | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 11:10:38 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Essay | $75,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Queer | No | yes: sunshine state, soul of an octopus | at auction, highest offer 150,000 | ||
| 6/10/2020 14:38:06 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Essays | $13,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | Yes | Esme Weijun Wang | The Collected Schizophrenias | won Graywolf Nonfiction Prize; author submitted without agent (though had agent) | |
| 6/8/2020 10:18:37 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Humor | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Courtenay Hameister | Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things | Agorafabulous, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Screw Everyone, all AJ Jacobs | |
| 6/6/2020 18:16:57 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Nature | $9,500 | UK/Commonwealth | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Foreign rights also sold on top of this in two regions. | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:18:36 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Nature | $9,500 | UK/Commonwealth | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Second book; foreign rights sold on top of this in two regions. | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 11:37:02 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Reportage | $125,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Fact of A Body | |||
| 6/10/2020 11:49:35 | Non-Fiction, Memoir, Reportage | $600,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Evicted, Educated, White Fragility | Second book, already had a NYT bestseller (which sold maybe 30,000 copies) | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:09:32 | Non-Fiction, Narrative | $185,000 | Worldwide | 2005 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Longitude, Professor and the Madman | Auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:08:20 | Non-Fiction, Narrative | $265,000 | North America Only | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Dead Wake, Unbroken | Auction | ||
| 6/8/2020 12:18:47 | Non-Fiction, Narrative | $120,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian, White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Fifth Avenue, 5 AM; Hidden Figures; American Rose | |||
| 6/10/2020 11:36:43 | Non-Fiction, Narrative journalism | $35,000 | North America Only | 2009 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Tracie McMillan | The American Way of Eating | Omnivore's Dilemma, Nickeled and Dimed | Auctioned, note that it was a few months into Great Recession; I had a strong track record as a journalist but zero name recognition. Publisher did bare minimum to promote book (ie. sent out press releases and booked interviews with interested media) until I'd organized my own launch and two-month DIY book tour, and got it on the NYT Bestseller list. |
| 6/11/2020 7:06:47 | Non-Fiction, Non-fiction: Narrative | $12,650 | UK and Commonwealth, English Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Hidden Figures, Code Girls | Two offers but from the same parent company, so negotiation wasn't possible. | ||
| 6/9/2020 18:15:38 | Non-Fiction, Pop Culture | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | No | I pitched the publisher directly through a friendship with the acquiring editor. | ||
| 6/9/2020 13:29:28 | Non-Fiction, Self-Help | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | The Happiness Project | only offer | ||
| 6/10/2020 0:46:36 | Non-Fiction, Travel | $4,000 | Miles Howard | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 0:46:36 | Non-Fiction, Travel | $8,000 | Miles Howard | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:38:41 | Nonfiction Anthology - Co-editor | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | University Press | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | Royalties are donated to prison literacy programs | |||
| 6/10/2020 13:50:17 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Demi/Asexual | Yes | 10000 | 10000 | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:25:24 | PB | $8,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Latin American, White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Adriana Hernandez-Bergstrom | nope | I'm author/illustrator. Debut as both, but not debut as illustrator | |
| 6/8/2020 22:22:15 | PB | $2,000 | Amanda Rawson Hill | You'll Find Me | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 11:47:46 | PB | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Aya Khalil | THE ARABIC QUILT | No | |
| 6/7/2020 4:01:06 | PB | $1,200 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Multiracial | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, | Yes | Brown Person | PICTURE BOOK | No | Exclusive submission, only offer | |
| 6/6/2020 23:15:45 | PB | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | PB Debut | Yes | White | Other | Gabrielle Prendergast | If Pluto Was A Pea | ||||
| 6/10/2020 0:20:25 | PB | $2,000 | Queer | Gayle Pitman | Could be MG. Wasn't sure from the tweet. | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:31:04 | PB | $10,000 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Other | Gay | Jason June | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:31:04 | PB | $10,000 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Other | Gay | Jason June | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:31:04 | PB | $17,500 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Other | Gay | Jason June | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:27:49 | PB | $30,000 | Yes | Jessica Hische | Tomorrow I'll Be Brave | Earned out in 1.5 yrs. | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:27:49 | PB | $30,000 | Yes | Jessica Hische | Tomorrow I'll Be Kind | Earned out in 1.5 yrs. | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 16:20:00 | PB | $7,500 | 2018 | Running Press Kids | PB Debut | White | Cis Woman | Katherine Locke | Bedtime for Superheroes | Jewish author. | |||||
| 6/6/2020 21:38:02 | PB | $3,000 | White | Cis Woman | Kelly Mangan | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:47:55 | PB | $15,000 | 2013 | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Kenard Pak | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:47:55 | PB | $24,000 | Yes | East Asian | Cis Man | Kenard Pak | |||||||||
| PB | $40,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | HarperCollins | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | PTSD | Lorian Tu | ||||
| 6/9/2020 15:34:27 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | PB Debut | No | White | Cis Woman | No | Margaret H. Mason | These Hands | PB $3k advance, small publisher | ||
| 6/7/2020 17:31:13 | PB | $1,200 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small Canadian Publisher | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Marla Lesage | Pirate Year Round | No | I authored & illustrated this 48 page book. |
| 6/8/2020 13:02:40 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | 10 Little Ninjas | No | |
| 6/8/2020 13:03:50 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Trainbots | No | |
| 6/8/2020 13:11:55 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Blobfish Throws a Party | ||
| 6/8/2020 13:13:10 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Mia Moves Out | ||
| 6/8/2020 13:15:51 | PB | $9,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Are We Pears Yet | ||
| 6/8/2020 13:20:42 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | The Great Pasta Escape | ||
| 6/9/2020 9:08:21 | PB | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Nilah Magruder | How to Find a Fox | pre-empt | |
| 6/9/2020 9:32:10 | PB | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Nilah Magruder | sole offer | ||
| 6/6/2020 18:08:13 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Little Bee Books | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Nina Victor Crittenden | The Three Little Pugs | |||||
| 6/9/2020 1:28:42 | PB | $6,000 | PB Debut | Olivia Cole | Time to Roar | 2 books. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 10:08:21 | PB | $500 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Rachel Kolar | Mother Ghost | PB advances are split with illustrators, and small advances mean you get royalties faster. I have no complaints. | |
| 6/8/2020 10:26:18 | PB | $1,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Latin American, White | No | Vanessa Keel | |||||
| 6/6/2020 17:26:18 | PB | $6,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:09:02 | PB | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:09:36 | PB | $1,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 18:10:18 | PB | $0 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:06:53 | PB | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 21:27:52 | PB | $125,000 | North America Only | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 21:28:27 | PB | $80,000 | North America Only | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 21:29:45 | PB | $31,000 | Commonwealth | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/6/2020 22:27:49 | PB | $10,000 | IP so I don’t know | 2017 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | No royalties | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:29:28 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:30:52 | PB | $5,000 | North America Only | 2013 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:31:49 | PB | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:19:23 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 5:18:34 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Bloomsbury | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | 75th book. | ||
| 6/7/2020 6:55:00 | PB | $30,000 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 6:55:38 | PB | $35,000 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 8:13:24 | PB | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | no | |||||
| 6/7/2020 8:29:10 | PB | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | not work-for-hire but was similar | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:53:46 | PB | $4,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:54:40 | PB | $4,200 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 9:15:15 | PB | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | royalties | |||
| 6/7/2020 9:53:27 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | 2 book deal, each book $7500 in USD | ||
| 6/7/2020 10:26:19 | PB | $4,500 | Worldwide | 2014 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:27:04 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:28:14 | PB | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:29:08 | PB | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:29:55 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:30:44 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:54:57 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2013 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:09:01 | PB | $9,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:18:58 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | No | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Now agented. | ||
| 6/7/2020 11:24:58 | PB | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | RALPH TELLS A STORY and CROWN:ODE TO THE FRESH CUT | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:26:05 | PB | $7,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | WORD COLLECTOR and THE DAY YOU BEGIN | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:26:39 | PB | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:27:06 | PB | $17,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | UNDEFEATED | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:27:49 | PB | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:28:48 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:50:12 | PB | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | I was illustrator only. | ||
| 6/7/2020 11:51:12 | PB | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | I was just illustrator | ||
| 6/7/2020 11:53:40 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:57:51 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Multiple offers, preempt sale | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:29:13 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual | No | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:36:26 | PB | $3,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Latin American, White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:53:54 | PB | $27,500 | Worldwide | 2013 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:54:25 | PB | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Nobrow | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | No | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:55:38 | PB | $3,800 | Worldwide | 2016 | Nobrow | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 12:57:00 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Nobrow | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:57:52 | PB | $27,500 | Worldwide | 2014 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | At auction | ||
| 6/7/2020 12:57:54 | PB | $18,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:58:49 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Illustrations only | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:59:42 | PB | $8,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Canadian publisher | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:00:33 | PB | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Illustration only, Canadian publisher | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:09:27 | PB | $3,500 | Worldwide | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Illustrator only | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:10:49 | PB | $4,400 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | Illustrator only | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:14:47 | PB | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Disability was not common knowledge when I sold my book | |||
| 6/7/2020 13:16:04 | PB | $18,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:17:43 | PB | $4,400 | Worldwide | 2012 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | Illustrator only | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:18:18 | PB | $4,400 | Worldwide | 2014 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | Illustrator only | ||||
| 6/7/2020 13:41:19 | PB | $2,500 | Don't remember | 2016 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 14:04:30 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Second publication with this editor | |||
| 6/7/2020 14:22:00 | PB | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | work-for-hire, illustrations only. | |||
| 6/7/2020 14:24:13 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | work-for-hire, with royalties, illustrations only | ||
| 6/7/2020 14:27:04 | PB | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no | Illustrations only | ||
| 6/7/2020 14:41:41 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 15:10:16 | PB | $5,000 | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 15:29:18 | PB | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | 4-book deal. | |||
| 6/7/2020 16:19:42 | PB | $25,000 | North America Only | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Author/illustrator | |||
| 6/7/2020 16:55:21 | PB | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 17:31:19 | PB | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | Illustration only | |||
| 6/7/2020 17:32:39 | PB | $7,500 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | Illustration only | |||
| 6/7/2020 17:48:26 | PB | $18,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/7/2020 17:51:21 | PB | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-empt. Another publisher had made an offer and my eventual publisher made a higher offer to prevent it from going to auction. | |||
| 6/7/2020 17:52:19 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:13:33 | PB | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 20:39:24 | PB | $25,000 | English Language Only | 2008 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 20:42:01 | PB | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 21:38:58 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | author and illustrator | |||
| 6/7/2020 23:06:58 | PB | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No. | |||
| 6/7/2020 23:13:56 | PB | $4,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No. | multiple offers, 3 book deal | ||
| 6/8/2020 0:52:12 | PB | $15,000 | North America Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Man | Straight | No | Multiple offers | |||
| 6/8/2020 3:12:45 | PB | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:28:16 | PB | $5,000 | 2021 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 9:49:19 | PB | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Latin American | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Maria had a Little Llama, Vamos Let's Go to the Market | passed by 19 publishers including big 5. Brought to a acquisitions at least three times but died bc marketing team would know how to sell it. | ||
| 6/8/2020 10:27:26 | PB | $60,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | I am author and illustrator of the book. 4 house auction. 2 book deal. Separate accounting. | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:30:50 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Bee-bim bop!, So Much | |||
| 6/8/2020 10:37:46 | PB | $0 | Worldwide | 2021 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | yes | 10% royalties, no advance. | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:08:43 | PB | $7,500 | North America Only | 2011 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:10:19 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sold in pre-empt | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:16:43 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Southeast Asian, Native American/First Nations, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:17:37 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | PB Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Author only (illustrator gets a separate advance from the publisher) | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:18:43 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Second picture book with this editor/house; same advance as the first | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:20:08 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Author only (illustrator gets a separate advance from the publisher). 3rd picture book deal with same editor/house; same terms as previous 2 deals | |||
| 6/8/2020 11:28:06 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2022 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | |||
| 6/8/2020 14:40:31 | PB | $10,000 | 2020 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 14:57:29 | PB | $22,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Author/Illustrator | |||
| 6/8/2020 15:13:56 | PB | $4,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 16:11:59 | PB | $8,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 17:01:43 | PB | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 17:57:18 | PB | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:43:46 | PB | $4,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Illustration | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:32:39 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | No | no | ||||
| 6/8/2020 20:35:07 | PB | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | no | |||||
| 6/8/2020 20:55:43 | PB | $6,000 | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:01:33 | PB | $75,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Abrams | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 21:02:44 | PB | $6,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 21:12:19 | PB | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Two-house auction; text only; 5% royalties | |||
| 6/8/2020 21:42:34 | PB | $12,500 | North America Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | East Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | at-auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 23:41:25 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Author-Illustrator | |||
| 6/8/2020 23:43:11 | PB | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Author-Illustrator. Second book of two-book deal. I am multiracial but white-passing. | |||
| 6/9/2020 0:16:59 | PB | $0 | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 5% royalties; illustrator had separate contract | ||||
| 6/9/2020 2:13:50 | PB | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 6:35:14 | PB | $7,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 6% royalties on hardcover, 3.5% paperback | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:51:07 | PB | $2,500 | North America Only | 2009 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:52:53 | PB | $2,500 | North America Only | 2010 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:53:43 | PB | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2010 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:54:28 | PB | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2011 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Second in series | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:55:11 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:55:51 | PB | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Third in series | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:56:54 | PB | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Fourth in series | Series greenlit for television | ||
| 6/9/2020 6:57:33 | PB | $20,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 6:58:13 | PB | $8,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 8:22:57 | PB | $22,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Abrams | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Two book deal, at auction | |||
| 6/9/2020 9:12:16 | PB | $37,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Already published | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:14:42 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Scholastic | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:24:51 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 16:19:06 | PB | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 16:20:00 | PB | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | my first book | |||
| 6/9/2020 20:26:33 | PB | $37,500 | North America Only | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Gay | No | No | Have won national awards | ||
| 6/9/2020 21:19:22 | PB | $35,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | multiple offers | |||
| 6/9/2020 23:52:55 | PB | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Albert Whitman | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | None | ||
| 6/10/2020 9:08:56 | PB | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Albert Whitman | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | None | ||
| 6/10/2020 9:16:23 | PB | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Albert Whitman | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Yes | None | ||
| 6/10/2020 12:26:52 | PB | $6,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 14:35:50 | PB | $2,240 | Worldwide | 2013 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | no | |||||
| 6/10/2020 14:59:43 | PB | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Auction | ||
| 6/11/2020 10:45:17 | PB | $2,000 | 2006 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/11/2020 10:57:54 | PB | $3,500 | 2012 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/11/2020 16:33:59 | PB | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | PB Debut | Yes | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Demi/Asexual | Yes | ||||
| 6/11/2020 18:28:30 | PB | $12,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | PB Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | multiple offers from Big 5 publishers | |||
| 6/13/2020 11:01:06 | PB | $3,000 | Worldwide | Small/Indie | Yes | No | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/10/2020 17:18:03 | PB, Adult Literary Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Other | Queer | Yes | no | |||
| 6/10/2020 2:22:27 | PB, Author/Illustrator | $20,000 | Yes | Yes | Elly MacKay | Agent took 30%. 3 trips to ALA and NY from Canada. | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:51:33 | PB, Author/Illustrator | $20,000 | 2019 | Roaring Brook Press | Rachel Dougherty | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:00:42 | PB, Author/Illustrator | $30,000 | White | Cis Woman | Tyler Feder | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 8:50:37 | PB, Historical | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | PB Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | debut picture book, but published in MG and YA already | |||
| 6/8/2020 2:20:43 | PB, Historical, Illustrator | $9,000 | North America Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Sarah Dvojack | Ruby’s Hope | N/A—publisher sought me out through my agent | |
| 6/9/2020 21:21:35 | PB, Historical, Illustrator | $5,000 | North America Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 12:33:29 | PB, Horror, Short Story | $0 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | will get royalties | |||
| 6/7/2020 9:40:30 | PB, Illustrator | $17,500 | Worldwide | 2012 | Large (Not Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | no - hired to illustrate | got an agent because of book deal, no longer have agent | ||
| 6/9/2020 20:19:29 | PB, Illustrator Only | $12,500 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | White | Cis Woman | Alexandria Neonakis | This is MY Room | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:22:27 | PB, Illustrator Only | $22,500 | No | Yes | Elly MacKay | Agent took 15% | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:51:33 | PB, Illustrator Only | $3,300 | 2012 | Yes | Rachel Dougherty | 2 books. | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:51:33 | PB, Illustrator Only | $10,000 | 2014 | Sterling | Rachel Dougherty | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 10:34:46 | PB, Informational | $500 | Worldwide | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | standard royalties. now agented | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:35:50 | PB, Informational | $500 | Worldwide | 2010 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | standard royalties. now agented | |||
| 6/8/2020 7:47:38 | PB, Literary Fiction | $100 | English Language Only | 2008 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 17:19:20 | PB, Memoir | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Other | Queer | Yes | The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson | |||
| 6/8/2020 12:58:45 | PB, Non-Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | One Plastic Bag | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Originally offered $2000 until agent stepped in and raised it to $3000. Agent also negotiated a reversion clause (to get foreign right back after 3 years if they didn’t sell) and escalator clauses at 25K copies. |
| 6/8/2020 13:00:00 | PB, Non-Fiction | $9,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Water is Water | First the Egg | At Auction |
| 6/8/2020 13:01:16 | PB, Non-Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2013 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Whose Hands Are These? | Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? | |
| 6/8/2020 13:19:06 | PB, Non-Fiction | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | I Am Farmer: Growing am Environmental Movement in Cameroon | One Plastic Bag | Advance ($5000) split with co-Author Baptiste Paul (each had separate contract with equal terms) and each of us used our advance used for travel research funds as publisher did not have a research budget for us. We were not paid any additional monies for use of our photographs. |
| 6/8/2020 13:23:50 | PB, Non-Fiction | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Adventures to School | Advance ($5000) split 50/50 with co-author, Baptiste Paul - separate agreements. Idea brought to us by publisher and we were asked to write it in a certain way. No royalty payments earned because of high volume discount clauses the publisher wrote into the contract and almost every sale is put into this category. | |
| 6/7/2020 10:29:36 | PB, Non-Fiction | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | standard royalties | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:31:17 | PB, Non-Fiction | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Norton Books for Young Readers (imprint of a large but not big 5) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | standard royalties | |||
| 6/7/2020 10:33:37 | PB, Non-Fiction | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | standard royalties | |||
| 6/7/2020 11:59:54 | PB, Non-Fiction | $500 | North America Only | 2013 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 15:11:09 | PB, Non-Fiction | $15,000 | 2018 | Simon & Schuster (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:08:36 | PB, Non-Fiction | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 10% royalty & advance both split w/ co-author | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:59:10 | PB, Non-Fiction, Anthology | $1 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Pacific Islander, Nonwhite | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | no | Editor of anthology. | ||
| 6/10/2020 17:52:23 | PB, Non-Fiction, anthology | $0 | Worldwide | 2010 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Other | Queer | No | yes | |||
| 6/8/2020 2:22:43 | PB, Non-Fiction, Author/Illustrator | $30,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Sarah Dvojack | TK | No | Auction. Debut author, 2nd for illustration. |
| 6/8/2020 14:25:35 | PB, Non-Fiction, Illustrator | $4,109 | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 2:24:05 | PB, Non-Fiction, Illustrator | $20,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | TK | N/A—publisher sought me out through my agent | ||
| 6/13/2020 13:11:55 | PB, Non-Fiction, Memoir | $15,000 | North America Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Sarah Gerard | Sunshine State | |||
| 6/10/2020 17:51:15 | PB, Non-Fiction, Memoir | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Other | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:14:38 | PB, Non-Fiction, Poetry | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Miranda Paul | Beyond (forthcoming in 2021) | Giant Squid | |
| 6/8/2020 13:20:29 | PB, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $4,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | City of Blades, A Thousand Names, A Promise of Blood | |||
| 6/10/2020 13:50:12 | PB, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,200 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/11/2020 9:00:15 | POETRY | $250 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes | Ashley Sugarnotch & the Wolf | ||
| 6/15/2020 8:03:35 | Poetry | $0 | English Language Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Bi/Pansexual | No | Ronnie K. Stephens | Universe in the Key of Matryoshka | No | N/A |
| 6/15/2020 8:08:03 | Poetry | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Bi/Pansexual | No | Ronnie K. Stephens | They Rewrote Themselves Legendary | None | Won Best in Show at the New England Book Show |
| 6/8/2020 10:34:12 | Poetry | $0 | Small/Indie | No | White | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 11:05:03 | Poetry | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:47:04 | Poetry | $0 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/9/2020 10:18:41 | Poetry | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Man | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 10:19:31 | Poetry | $5,000 | North America Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Man | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 10:35:32 | Poetry | $5 | North America Only | 2014 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Bi/Pansexual, Queer | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:10:40 | Poetry | $0 | North America Only | 2012 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | $1000 no royalties | |||
| 6/9/2020 15:48:44 | Poetry | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | No | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | No | 20% royalties | |||
| 6/9/2020 18:56:45 | Poetry | $0 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | Yes | 40% royalties and wholsesale cost for author copies | |||
| 6/12/2020 6:44:58 | Poetry | $2,000 | English Language Only | 2007 | University | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | N/A | Contest winner | ||
| 6/12/2020 6:47:11 | Poetry | $2,000 | Worldwide | 2009 | W.W. Norton | No | No | White | Cis Woman | No | N/A | Contest winner | |||
| 6/12/2020 6:52:50 | Poetry | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2014 | W.W. Norton | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | N/A | |||
| 6/12/2020 6:53:42 | Poetry | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | W.W. Norton | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | N/A | |||
| 6/10/2020 11:40:55 | Poetry | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | No | No | No. | 20% royalties | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:17:57 | Romance | $0 | White | Avril Tremayne | 4 books. Royalties only. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 22:17:57 | Romance | $3,500 | White | Avril Tremayne | Eight books, but $3500 was maximum advance. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 4:02:30 | Romance | $0 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Belinda Missen | A Recipe for Disaster | I think I might have listed comp titles in my submission, yes. | No multiple offers, royalties abysmal, no further deals, no further advertising, was an Amazon bestseller as a self-pubbed author. |
| 6/10/2020 22:14:36 | Romance | $250 | 2011 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Yes | Cassandra Carr | No other advances. All future books earned $1-$25K ($5K on average) on royalties, totaling 75 books. Retired in 2016. | ||||||
| 6/9/2020 21:19:57 | Romance | $2,000 | Charlotte Stein | Multiple books. Black Lace and Mischief series. | |||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:14:35 | Romance | $87,500 | 2012 | Harlequin | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | Chelsea M. Cameron | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:09:19 | Romance | $150,000 | Yes | Cora Carmack | 3 books. Originally indie NYT bestseller before signing. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:09:19 | Romance | $150,000 | No | Cora Carmack | 3 books. | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 23:25:17 | Romance | $55,000 | 2010 | Harlequin | East Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Woman | Courtney Milan | 4 books. $800 advance on initial novella. | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:52:38 | Romance | $15,000 | 2014 | Ellie Cahill | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:53:15 | Romance | $0 | Ellie Cahill | E-book deal with 50/50 royalty split. Out-earned in self-pub. | |||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 13:21:14 | Romance | $0 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Southeast Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Erika Cruz | How to Survive a Modern Day Fairy Tale | No | This is an unconventional book deal. I won a contest called the Author Incubator Program with Entangled Publishing through the CIMRWA for authors of color. The editor chose the winners based on voice from the writing sample. I was one of 5 winners who scored a book deal with Entangled. I worked with the editor to develop a story concept. I was able to get a literary agent before I signed the contract. |
| 6/8/2020 23:46:44 | Romance | $45,000 | Harlequin | Janet Lee Nye | 4 books over 3 years. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:39:37 | Romance | $2,500 | Jessica Scott | 3 books. Went indie in 2013. Other indie series has made over $200K since 2015. | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:39:37 | Romance | $2,500 | Jessica Scott | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:39:37 | Romance | $5,000 | Jessica Scott | 3 books. | |||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 0:09:54 | Romance | $0 | Kate Pearce | E-Publisher. | |||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 0:10:23 | Romance | $4,000 | 2007 | Kate Pearce | 2 books. | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 0:10:23 | Romance | $20,000 | 2007 | Kate Pearce | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:18:39 | Romance | $200 | White | Katee Roberts | EP | Earned out. | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:18:39 | Romance | $7,000 | 2015 | White | Katee Roberts | O'Malley | Earned out. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:18:39 | Romance | $7,500 | 2017 | White | Katee Roberts | Kings | Earned out. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:18:39 | Romance | $3,500 | 2016 | Harlequin | White | Katee Roberts | Earned out. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:18:39 | Romance | $5,000 | 2016 | Montlake | White | Katee Roberts | Earned out. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:18:39 | Romance | $5,000 | 2019 | Sourcebooks | White | Katee Roberts | Earned out. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:21:43 | Romance | $25 | Small/Indie | Yes | Keri Arthur | Small press book that later had MM rights sold to traditional. | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:21:43 | Romance | $120,000 | Large (Big 5) | Trad Debut | Keri Arthur | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:21:43 | Romance | $180,000 | Large (Big 5) | Keri Arthur | Only earned out on 5 trad books. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:21:43 | Romance | $75,000 | Large (Big 5) | Keri Arthur | Only earned out on 5 trad books. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 23:48:46 | Romance | $4,200 | Kris Fletcher | 6-book deal over 5 years. | |||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 20:12:19 | Romance | $4,000 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Lorelie Brown | 2-book contract | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 10:18:01 | Romance | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | tantor media (audo rights) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Marlie May | Viper Force Series | no | agent took 500/book initial offer and got me 1000/book |
| 6/8/2020 23:59:12 | Romance | $0 | Olivia Dade | Lovestruck Librarians | Digital with POD. 40% royalties. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 23:59:12 | Romance | $25,000 | Olivia Dade | 2-book deal. Trade paperback. | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:43:41 | Romance | $0 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Rachel Reid | First five books. $1,083.33/book in audiobook rights for first 3 books. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 21:26:31 | Romance | $0 | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Renee Dahlia | 9 books. Digital only. One got a $3,000 audio advance. | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:58:39 | Romance | $100,000 | Sarah Hogle | 2-book deal. | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:17:17 | Romance | $4,000 | Worldwide | 2010 | Harlequin (independent at the time of my 1st book sale) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sarah M. Anderson | A Man of His Word | no | |
| 6/8/2020 19:19:48 | Romance | $5,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Sarah M. Anderson | Seduction on His Terms | no | This was my 37th and final book with Harlequin (I submitted my debut on the form as well). |
| 6/7/2020 10:33:59 | Romance | $34,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Trad Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Scarlett Peckham | The Rakess | No | Exclusive submission by invitation. Self-published 2 books before this. |
| 6/6/2020 22:22:56 | Romance | $5,000 | 2013 | Brava | Black | Cis Woman | Sharon Cullars | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 0:08:51 | Romance | $0 | Various | For 12 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Sheryl Nantus | 6 books with Carina Press, 7 books with Samhain Publishing, 2 books and 1 novella with St. Martin's Press/Swerve, 6 books with Entangled Publishing. Agented for 12 of those. | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 23:57:59 | Romance | $0 | Entangled | Black | Sofia Harper (Melissa Blue) | Hot Knight in Paradise | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:15:22 | Romance | $3,300 | Sourcebooks | Yes | Indian/South Asian | Cis Woman | Suleikha Snyder | Trilogy | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:43:42 | Romance | $4,500 | Yes | White | Trish Milburn | Earned about $4,000 in royalties afterwards. | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:17:08 | Romance | $15,000 | Bloomsbury | Cis Woman | Trisha Leigh | Mistletoe & Mr. Right | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:14:12 | Romance | $20,000 | UK | 2016 | Large (Big 5) | White | Genderfluid/Multi-gender | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | I'm also disabled and fat | |||||
| 6/6/2020 19:33:42 | Romance | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Small/Indie | White | Cis Woman | Straight | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:45:46 | Romance | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:28:55 | Romance | $30,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 22:30:36 | Romance | $2,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/6/2020 23:32:13 | Romance | $100,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-empt, two book deal | |||
| 6/6/2020 23:42:37 | Romance | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Tangled by Emma Chase, The Hating Game by Sally Thorne | 5K in royalties so far | ||
| 6/6/2020 23:49:12 | Romance | $90,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Trad Debut | Yes | White | Straight | It was self pubbed and picked up in 2013 after the first book. They re-pubbed it and then the trilogy. | |||||
| 6/7/2020 0:36:14 | Romance | $4,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 3:54:39 | Romance | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 6:50:49 | Romance | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-empt | |||
| 6/7/2020 7:22:47 | Romance | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | |||||
| 6/7/2020 7:23:58 | Romance | $3,500 | Worldwide | 2008 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | |||||
| 6/7/2020 7:59:16 | Romance | $12,500 | Worldwide | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Pen name Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual | No | no | sold in response to editor call for proposals for a specific type of book | ||
| 6/7/2020 8:01:30 | Romance | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 8:04:46 | Romance | $3,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Sourcebooks | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 8:04:56 | Romance | $60,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Pre-empt | |||
| 6/7/2020 8:28:14 | Romance | $40,000 | North America Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Trad Debut | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | The Kiss Quotient | At auction, trade royalties 8%, digital 25% | ||
| 6/7/2020 8:48:08 | Romance | $55,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Auction | |||
| 6/7/2020 9:55:24 | Romance | $0 | English Language Only | 2020 | Entangled | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | No advance | ||
| 6/7/2020 10:16:27 | Romance | $33,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:17:17 | Romance | $200,000 | Worldwide | 2022 | Large (Big 5) | No | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:48:22 | Romance | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 10:54:40 | Romance | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Paranorma romancel trilogy. Advance was per book. Earned out. Working on next trilogy at 7k per book | ||||
| 6/7/2020 11:33:16 | Romance | $1,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 12:05:56 | Romance | $12,500 | English Language Only | 2019 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/7/2020 12:16:04 | Romance | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Bi/Pansexual | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 14:51:00 | Romance | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2014 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/7/2020 16:07:21 | Romance | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Kensington | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 2-book deal; advance split 5000/6500 between books 1 and 2. | |||
| 6/7/2020 16:11:24 | Romance | $6,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Kensington | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 3rd book after 2-book deal | |||
| 6/7/2020 16:12:27 | Romance | $6,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Kensington | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | 4th book | |||
| 6/7/2020 21:02:16 | Romance | $1,500 | Worldwide | 2015 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 1:12:09 | Romance | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Her Lady's Honor | All my 9 trad-books have been with digital first imprints of Harper Collins. The $3k I used was for an audio deal on one of these books. It's the only advance I've had to date. | ||
| 6/8/2020 1:25:56 | Romance | $4,500 | English Language Only | 2017 | Sourcebooks | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 1:26:56 | Romance | $1,500 | English Language Only | 2017 | Sourcebooks | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 6:17:27 | Romance | $225,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | already-published bestseller, award-winning author | |||
| 6/8/2020 6:19:28 | Romance | $40,000 | English Language Only | 2008 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | At auction | |||
| 6/8/2020 7:15:24 | Romance | $0 | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/8/2020 7:25:43 | Romance | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:51:12 | Romance | $0 | English Language Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 10:54:07 | Romance | $0 | Digital First | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:21:50 | Romance | $3,500 | English Language Only | 2014 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 11:22:23 | Romance | $0 | English Language Only | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 12:08:51 | Romance | $15,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Kensington | No | Yes | Arab/West Asian/Middle Eastern | Cis Woman | Straight | No | THE HATING GAME | |||
| 6/8/2020 12:47:19 | Romance | $0 | English Language Only | 2018 | Harlequin | Yes | Yes | Black, Latin American | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | 4 book series | |||
| 6/8/2020 13:11:08 | Romance | $750 | Worldwide | 2015 | Simon & Schuster (and Inprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Multiple offers, 3 book deal | |||
| 6/8/2020 20:22:57 | Romance | $10,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Third contract with this publisher | |||
| 6/9/2020 0:02:56 | Romance | $1,500 | Pocket Star | ||||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 6:44:23 | Romance | $0 | Worldwide | Self-Pub | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | #1 Amazon bestselling author | ||||
| 6/9/2020 10:22:07 | Romance | $30,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 11:44:20 | Romance | $0 | Worldwide | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | |||||
| 6/9/2020 12:38:22 | Romance | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2017 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | ||||
| 6/9/2020 13:33:11 | Romance | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/10/2020 2:17:00 | Romance | $800 | Work for Hire | Three novellas. | |||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:17:00 | Romance | $5,000 | Work for Hire | ||||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 11:39:00 | Romance | $10,000 | North America Only | 2019 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Pre-empt | ||
| 6/10/2020 11:41:28 | Romance | $0 | Worldwide | 2015 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | POD deal, 4 books | |||
| 6/10/2020 11:53:43 | Romance | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | |||
| 6/10/2020 12:14:04 | Romance | $1,200 | English Language Only | 2011 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | No | |||
| 6/12/2020 20:02:03 | Romance | $20,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No | Sold at auction, already published, USA Today Bestseller | ||
| 6/13/2020 4:19:09 | Romance | $0 | Worldwide | 2017 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight, Queer | No | Yes, “Sexy Star Trek” | |||
| 6/9/2020 15:20:51 | Romance, Erotica | $500 | Worldwide | 2020 | Mid-Size (Scholastic, Disney, etc) | No | No | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 21:30:52 | Romance, Historical | $2,500 | Nonwhite | Cis Woman | Straight | Beverley Kendall | 2-book deal. Editor did not know race. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:32:34 | Romance, Historical | $1,000 | Large (Big 5) | White | Kim Bell | 3-book deal. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:33:03 | Romance, Historical | $1,500 | No | White | Kim Bell | 2-book deal. | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 22:22:13 | Romance, Historical | $250 | Entangled | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Nicola Davidson | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 4:02:54 | Romance, Historical | $7,512 | Worldwide | 2020 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | IP project, so flat fee with no royalties and the publisher owns copyright on title and pen name | ||||
| 6/10/2020 16:09:15 | Romance, Historical Fiction | $0 | Large (Big 5) | Kate Bateman | 50/50 split. E-book only. No advance for prior self-pub books. Assorted advances for foreign rights translations. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:09:15 | Romance, Historical Fiction | $7,000 | Large (Big 5) | Kate Bateman | Different Big 5 publisher than previously. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:56:03 | Romance, Historical Fiction | $1,500 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Megan Frampton | Per book, writing 2 books per year. Always earns out. | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:56:03 | Romance, Historical Fiction | $12,500 | Large (Big 5) | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Megan Frampton | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 20:56:03 | Romance, Historical Fiction | $2,500 | Loveswept | No | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Megan Frampton | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:45:05 | Romance, Historical Fiction | $0 | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Montana Burning | ||||
| 6/12/2020 20:34:40 | Romance, Historical Fiction, Christian | $1,200 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | Black | Cis Woman | Straight | No | No. | |||
| 6/10/2020 22:38:12 | Romance, Historical Fiction, LGBT | $0 | Yes | White | Bi/Pansexual | Cat Sebastian | No advance for first 10 books. Higher royalties. "Often decent enough to pay my mortgage." | ||||||||
| 6/10/2020 16:50:10 | Romance, Historical Fiction, Paranormal, LGBT | $0 | Yes | White | Allie Therin | 2 books. $916/book for audio split with harlequin. | |||||||||
| 6/15/2020 8:44:11 | Romance, Lesbian romance | $4 | Worldwide | 2020 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Cis Woman | Queer | No | No | I've published 20 novels with this publisher so far | ||
| 6/10/2020 23:45:13 | Romance, LGBT | $0 | White | Other | Queer | Charlie Adhara | E-books only. 40-50% royalties. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 9:45:52 | Romance, Literary Fiction | $50,000 | English Language Only | 2021 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Yes: Eligible, Caroline, Homefire, Anne With an E | Audio/e-book/graphic novels English rights are included in the 50K. World foreign translations and other forms of media entertainment sales are not, and have not yet been shopped by my lit agency, as I retained those rights. | ||
| 6/9/2020 0:05:19 | Romance, M/M | $500 | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Shae Connor | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 0:05:19 | Romance, M/M | $1,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Shae Connor | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 0:05:19 | Romance, M/M | $1,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Shae Connor | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 0:05:19 | Romance, M/M | $1,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Shae Connor | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 0:05:19 | Romance, M/M | $1,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Shae Connor | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 13:21:27 | Romance, M/M | $0 | North America Only | 2017 | Kensington Lyrical | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | No | 0 advance for 3-book deal, 40% royalty for ebook and 15% for paperback | ||
| 6/8/2020 10:55:36 | Romance, New Adult IP | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2015 | Large (Big 5) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | I was approached by an editor to do a write for hire project. | |||
| 6/10/2020 23:39:37 | Romance, Novella | $0 | Jessica Scott | ||||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:44:23 | Romance, Paranormal | $20,000 | 2008 | Berkley Books | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Dakota Cassidy | Series. Started off at $12,500 and finished at $20,000. | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:44:23 | Romance, Paranormal | $12,500 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Dakota Cassidy | 2 books. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:44:23 | Romance, Paranormal | $20,000 | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Dakota Cassidy | 3 books | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:44:23 | Romance, Paranormal | $75,000 | Harlequin? | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Dakota Cassidy | Went to auction. 3 books. | |||||||
| 6/10/2020 1:28:11 | Romance, Paranormal | $10,000 | Ace Books | J. C. Nelson | Grimm Agency | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:46:13 | Romance, Paranormal | $22,000 | 2006 | White | Cis Woman | Jeaniene Frost | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:46:32 | Romance, Paranormal | $250,000 | 2013 | White | Cis Woman | Jeaniene Frost | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 6:54:16 | Romance, Paranormal | $10,000 | 2008 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | Yes | Coauthored, so advance was split. | ||||
| 6/10/2020 15:38:23 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | Small/Indie | Jaycee Jarvis | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:25:42 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $75,000 | 2001 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Kelley Armstrong | Bitten | Wrote 35+ books after across Adult, YA, and MG. Highest adult advance was $250K. Highest YA was $500K. | |||||
| 6/8/2020 21:25:29 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $45,000 | Kit Rocha (Bree Bridges) | Split with a co-writer. Fairly solid indie sales history (~300k of most popular series sold) | |||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 9:14:35 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,666 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | |||||
| 6/7/2020 13:47:40 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Kensington | Print Debut | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | not that I recall | 3 book deal; already published by digital-only, no-advance publisher | ||
| 6/7/2020 13:50:16 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,500 | Worldwide | 2018 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | Captive Prince meets Game of Thrones | Multiple offers, 3 book deal | |||
| 6/7/2020 22:32:13 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | No | No | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | ||||
| 6/8/2020 13:45:44 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,200 | Worldwide | 2015 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Black | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual | No | No | |||
| 6/10/2020 8:45:15 | Romance, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Graphic Novel | $1,800 | English Language Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Latin American, White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | Yes | Victor Martins | Stay | no | |
| 6/8/2020 3:52:12 | Romance, Women's | $6,885 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | UK publisher | ||||
| 6/8/2020 4:01:41 | Romance, Women's | $0 | Worldwide | 2017 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Published with a digital-first imprint in the UK, so royalties only, no advance | ||||
| 6/8/2020 8:30:27 | Romance, Women's | $5,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Chronic illness | No | Fourth book, previously digital first | ||
| 6/8/2020 11:43:14 | Romance, Women's | $30,000 | English Language Only | 2019 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | East Asian | Cis Woman | Straight | No | auction | |||
| 6/10/2020 15:12:29 | Romance, Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/10/2020 15:43:16 | Romance, Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction | $0 | Worldwide | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | ||||
| 6/8/2020 20:35:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | 2015 | White | Cis Man | Adam Rakunas | 2-book deal. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 17:35:48 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $60,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Alex E. Harrow | The Ten Thousand Doors of January | the deal was an exclusive submission, and included a second, unwritten adult fantasy novel | ||
| 6/10/2020 2:12:29 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | Amazon Publishing (Severed Press) | Yes | Anthony Wendel | The Handbook For Surviving a Giant Monster Attack | Royalties only. | ||||||||
| 6/15/2020 8:43:47 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | English Language Only | 2016 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016 | Beyond Binary, Transcendent 1 | Pitched it to the publisher | |
| 6/15/2020 8:46:34 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | Transcendent 4: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2018 | No, only for Transcendent 2. | The publisher asked me to do another volume. | |
| 6/15/2020 8:49:37 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $250 | English Language Only | 2019 | Small/Indie | Prose Debut | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | The Trans Space Octopus Congregation | No | Only queried one publisher because they'd shown interest previously, and most other publishers of SFF collections were closed at the time (and I didn't have a personal contact). My debut fiction collection, but I had four edited volumes and a poetry collection before that. | |
| 6/15/2020 8:52:13 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $150 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | Poetry Debut | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | Algorithmic Shapeshifting | No | Only queried one publisher because every one with a history of publishing speculative poetry was closed. My debut poetry collection, but I had four edited volumes before that. | |
| 6/15/2020 8:54:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,508 | English Language Only | 2018 | Small/Indie | No | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | Rosalind's Siblings | No | Publisher solicited me to edit the anthology. The rate was NOT an advance, but a flat rate with no royalties. | |
| 6/15/2020 8:56:14 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Webserial from small press, to be published later as a book. | No | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | The Song of Spores | No, I used a list of themes. | Publisher reached out to me to send a webserial pitch to them. | |
| 6/15/2020 8:45:02 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | English Language Only | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | Nonbinary/Agender | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, Queer | Yes | Bogi Takács | Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2017 | No, only for the previous volume. | Publisher asked me to do it again after the previous volume. | |
| 6/7/2020 4:05:08 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $125,000 | Worldwide | 2017 | Small/Indie | No | No | Multiracial | Bi/Pansexual, Demi/Asexual, | Yes | Brown Person | Game of Thrones, Asian Fantasy | Exclusive submission, only offer | ||
| 6/8/2020 20:04:14 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Cis Woman | Caitlin Starling | The Luminous Dead | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:04:42 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $60,000 | Cis Woman | Caitlin Starling | Jane Lawrence | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:47:15 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,666 | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Cass Morris | Additional $2500 per book for audio. | |||||
| 6/9/2020 7:11:04 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $33,000 | Worldwide | 2019 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | No | Cat Rambo | Long Way to a Small Angry Planet | 3 book deal; 100k total | |
| 6/9/2020 7:52:11 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2017 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Chris Sharp | Cold Counsel | Tolkien on a diesel laced cocaine bender | |
| 6/7/2020 0:09:46 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | White | Cis Man | Chuck Wendig | Miriam Black | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:09:46 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | White | Cis Man | Chuck Wendig | Mookie | |||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:09:46 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $33,000 | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | White | Cis Man | Chuck Wendig | Miriam Black (Second Purchase) | 2 books. | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:15:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $13,000 | Claire McFall | Ferryman, Bombmaker, Black Cairn Point | 3-book deal | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:31:11 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | English Language Only | 2015 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Dan Koboldt | READY PLAYER ONE and The Republic of Thieves | Digital-first imprint | |
| 6/8/2020 17:46:52 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,000 | English Language Only | 2016 | Skyhorse | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Dan Moren | The Caledonian Gambit | Retained translation; 50/50 audio split | |
| 6/9/2020 8:57:43 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,750 | English Language Only | 2018 | Angry Robot | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Dan Moren | The Bayern Agenda/The Aleph Extraction | Two-book deal in GBP, so USD is average based across installment payments, due to exchange rates. Audio retained and sold separately. | |
| 6/7/2020 0:54:38 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $4,500 | 2006 | Tor | White | Cis Man | Daniel Abraham | Long Price | 4 books. Dropped from Tor due to poor sales. Worked on Game of Thrones, The Expanse. | ||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:54:38 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | 2007 | Pocket Books | No | White | Cis Man | Daniel Abraham | Black Sun's Daughter | 3 Books. Dropped from Pocket due to poor sales. Worked on Game of Thrones, The Expanse. | |||||
| 6/7/2020 0:55:01 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $33,000 | 2010 | Orbit | No | White | Cis Man | Daniel Abraham | Dagger & Coin | 5 books. Worked on Game of Thrones, The Expanse. | |||||
| 6/7/2020 0:54:38 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $100,000 | White | Cis Man | Daniel Abraham | 3 books. Worked on Game of Thrones, The Expanse. | |||||||||
| 6/10/2020 15:30:21 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | 2015 | Tor | Yes | White | Cis Man | David D. Levine | Arabella of Mars | 3 books. Have no earned out. Already a Hugo-winner with 50+ short story sales. | |||||
| 6/8/2020 19:16:42 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $26,000 | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Devin Madson | The Reborn Empire | 4 books. Worked on Game of Thrones, The Expanse. | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:21:06 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,500 | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Devin Madson | |||||||||
| 6/9/2020 5:44:30 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | English Language Only | 2018 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Doug Engstrom | Corporate Gunslinger | Possible $2.5K to $5K bonus based on first-year sales. | |
| 6/6/2020 23:17:28 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $200,000 | 2014 | Disney | White | Queer | E. K. Johnston | A Thousand Nights | 2-book deal. | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 23:25:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | 2018 | Del Rey | No | White | Cis Woman | Emily Skrutskie | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:09:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | Ferrett Steinmetz | Flex, Flux, Fix | 3 books. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:09:30 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $12,500 | Ferrett Steinmetz | Sol Majestic, Automatic Reload | 2 books. | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:05:33 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $110,000 | 2008 | No | G. Willow Wilson | The Bird King | Muslim author. | ||||||||
| 6/7/2020 9:39:58 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | Worldwide | 2021 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Trans Woman | Gretchen Felker Martin | |||||
| 6/10/2020 23:43:16 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $44,363 | 2004 | Hal Duncan | Vellum, Ink | 2 books. Paid in GBP. | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:19:41 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Hannah Whitten | Duology | |||||||
| 6/9/2020 19:50:20 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,750 | English Language Only | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | No | Hayley Stone | Machinations + sequel | No | OR 50/50 split, two-book deal, digital-only. | |
| 6/7/2020 13:03:19 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,000 | North America Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | Latin American | Cis Man | Gay | No | Illimani Ferreira | Terminal 3 | ||
| 6/10/2020 1:28:11 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,500 | Ace Books | J. C. Nelson | The Reburialists | ||||||||||
| 6/9/2020 14:46:11 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,000 | English Language Only | 2012 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | J. Kathleen Cheney | The Golden City | Unknown | |
| 6/9/2020 14:51:58 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | J. Kathleen Cheney | The Seat of Magic | ||
| 6/9/2020 14:52:55 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | J. Kathleen Cheney | The Shores of Spain | ||
| 6/9/2020 14:53:37 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,000 | English Language Only | 2013 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | No | J. Kathleen Cheney | Dreaming Death | ||
| 6/6/2020 23:14:35 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | English Language Only | 2020 | Solaris | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Straight | Yes | Jadie Jang | Monkey Around | Jade City, Trail of Lightning, Heroine Complex | |
| 6/8/2020 19:21:53 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | Jenn Lyons | A Chorus of Dragons | 5-book series. | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 20:23:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,000 | Worldwide | 2011 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | John G. Hartness | The Black Knight Chronicles | Yes. Dresden Files. This was before every urban fantasy had a smartass male detective protagonist. Mine has a smartass male detective protagonist. | Seven of nine books published, all earned out and earned way more in royalties than the advances. Sold audiobook rights for $2k/book starting with Book 7. Published keeps 50% as they control audio. |
| 6/8/2020 20:44:48 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,500 | White | Cis Man | Straight | John Scalzi | 2-book deal. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:04 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,000 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:20 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $13,500 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:35 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | 2-book deal. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:35 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:35 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $115,000 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:35 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $100,000 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | 3-book deal. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:45:35 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $261,538 | White | Cis Man | John Scalzi | 13-book deal. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:11:19 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $16,700 | 2016 | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | K. B. Wagers | Indranan War | 3 books. | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:11:48 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | 2017 | White | Nonbinary/Agender | Queer | K. B. Wagers | Farian War | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 2:15:49 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Macmillan (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Lesbian | No | K.A. Doore | Tiered accounting | ||
| 6/10/2020 23:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,500 | Kameron Hurley | God's War Trilogy | 3 books. $100K made total across ten years through royalty, audio, and foreign rights. Earned out. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,000 | Kameron Hurley | Mirror Empire, Empire Ascendant | Earned out. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | Kameron Hurley | Broken Heavens | Earned out. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | Kameron Hurley | Stars Are Legion | Earned out. | ||||||||||
| 6/10/2020 23:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,000 | Kameron Hurley | Light Bridgade. | Earned out. | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:39:56 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $33,000 | 2008 | Ace | White | Kasey Mackenzie | Series. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 12:34:49 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3 | Worldwide | 2018 | Small/Indie | Yes | No | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Ken Poirier | Fake Tattoos | no | |
| 6/10/2020 23:14:06 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | Yes | Black | Cis Man | Kiese Laymon | Long Division | Went from $17K and down because asked to remove racial politics. Then sold 50K copies at 10% royalties. | |||||||
| 6/7/2020 0:39:27 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | 2012 | Tor | White | Leanna Renee Hieber | No advance, earning royalites. | ||||||||
| 6/9/2020 14:59:07 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | English Language Only | 2014 | HarperCollins (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | Multiracial | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | Yes | Liana Brooks | The Day Before | Dark Matter (Blake Crouch), Time Salvager (Wes Chu), Philip K Dick, Ben Winter | Three-book deal in lieu of an advance for an ebook first, paperback the following month release |
| 6/8/2020 20:54:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | Yes | Madeleine Roux | 2-book deal. | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:54:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $45,000 | Madeleine Roux | 2-book deal. | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:14:34 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,000 | Small/Indie | Marlee Jane Ward | Orphancorp | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:15:12 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,000 | Small/Indie | Marlee Jane Ward | Psynode, Prisoncorp | 2 books. | |||||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:15:53 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | Marlee Jane Ward (Mia Walsch) | Money for Something | |||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,500 | 1992 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Element of Fire | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,000 | 1993 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | City of Bones | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | 1995 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Death of the Necromancer | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | 1995 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Wheel of the Infinite | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $33,000 | 1998 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Ile Rien | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,500 | 2010 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | The Cloud Roads | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $9,000 | 2011 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Siren Depths | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $4,000 | 2012 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Raksura | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $6,000 | 2015 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | The Edge of Worlds | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 21:03:39 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $22,000 | 2018 | White | Cis Woman | Martha Wells | Network Effect | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:35:45 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Amazon Publishing (47 North) | White | Cis Woman | Straight | Meghan Scott Molin | The Frame-Up | There weren't many | Two book deal, 2nd book at $25,000 as well. | |||
| 6/6/2020 21:55:34 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2016 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Melissa Caruso | Trilogy | ||
| 6/6/2020 21:55:34 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | Worldwide | 2018 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Demi/Asexual | No | Melissa Caruso | Trilogy | ||
| 6/6/2020 17:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $300,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Melissa Marr | Tweet thread stating she has lupus. | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Melissa Marr | Tweet thread stating she has lupus. | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:08:18 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $35,000 | No | White | Cis Woman | Bi/Pansexual | Yes | Melissa Marr | Tweet thread stating she has lupus. | ||||||
| 6/10/2020 2:44:32 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $41,667 | English Language Only | 2010 | Hachette (and Imprints) | Yes | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Michael J. Sullivan | Theft of Swords | I was already self-published and selling well | 3 book deal for $125,000 - debut |
| 6/10/2020 2:46:27 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $62,500 | English Language Only | 2011 | Hachette (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Michael J. Sullivan | The Crown Tower | 2 book deal $125,000 total | |
| 6/10/2020 2:48:10 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $135,000 | English Language Only | 2015 | Penguin Random House (and Imprints) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Michael J. Sullivan | Age of Myth | 4 book deal $540,000 total | |
| 6/10/2020 2:50:01 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $333,333 | English Language Only | 2016 | Audible Studios (Audio rights only) | No | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | No | Michael J. Sullivan | Nolyn | AUDIO ONLY deal - $1,000,000 for 3 books | |
| 6/6/2020 17:13:28 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,500 | English Language Only | 2018 | Harper Voyager | Yes | White | Cis Man | Straight | Michael Mammay | Planetside, Spaceside | 2-book deal. | |||
| 6/6/2020 17:13:28 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | 2018 | Harper Voyager | White | Cis Man | Straight | Michael Mammay | Colonyside + 1 Other | 2-book deal. | |||||
| 6/8/2020 19:43:51 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,500 | White | Michael R. Underwood | Geekomancy | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:44:19 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,500 | White | Michael R. Underwood | Celebromancy | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:44:37 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $4,000 | White | Michael R. Underwood | Hexomancy | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:44:56 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $4,000 | White | Michael R. Underwood | The Younger Gods | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:45:14 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,000 | White | Michael R. Underwood | Attack the Geek | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:45:33 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | White | Michael R. Underwood | Shield & Crocus | ||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:46:04 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,000 | White | Michael R. Underwood | Annihilation Aria | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:06:24 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $40,000 | 2010 | Hachette/Orbit | Black | Cis Woman | N. K. Jemisin | Inheritance | Per book. | ||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:07:15 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | 2015 | Orbit | Black | Cis Woman | N. K. Jemisin | Broken Earth | Per book. | ||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:07:21 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $12,000 | North America Only | White | Queer | Yes | Nicola Griffith | Ammonite | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 22:07:21 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $12,000 | North America Only | White | Queer | Yes | Nicola Griffith | Slow River | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 20:30:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $40,000 | Nicole Kornher-Stace | ||||||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:47:08 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $7,500 | No | Yes | Southeast Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | Paul Kreuger | Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge | 3-book deal. | |||||
| 6/8/2020 19:47:08 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | No | Yes | Southeast Asian, White, Multiracial | Cis Man | Straight | Paul Kreuger | Steel Crow Saga | 3-book deal. | |||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,000 | 1990 | Yes | Rachel Caine | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,000 | 1992 | No | Rachel Caine | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,500 | 1993 | No | Rachel Caine | 2 books. | |||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | 1994 | No | Rachel Caine | 2 books. | |||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,500 | 1996 | No | Rachel Caine | 2 books. | |||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $3,333 | 2000 | No | Rachel Caine | 3 books. Earning back advances + significant royalties. | |||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $5,000 | 2003 | No | Rachel Caine | 3 books. Earning back advances + significant royalties. | |||||||||
| Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | 2005 | No | Rachel Caine | 3 books. Earning back advances + significant royalites. | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $17,500 | 2006 | No | Rachel Caine | 3 books. | |||||||||
| 6/11/2020 13:31:59 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $17,500 | 2009 | No | Rachel Caine | 3 books. | |||||||||
| Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | 2016 | No | Rachel Caine | Previous series matured. Royalties drying up. | ||||||||||
| Science Fiction and Fantasy | $25,000 | 2018 | No | Rachel Caine | 2 books | ||||||||||
| Science Fiction and Fantasy | $85,000 | 2019 | No | Rachel Caine | 3 books. | ||||||||||
| 6/6/2020 19:12:57 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $1,250 | 2016 | Aethon | Rhett C Bruno | TItanborn + Sequel | OR 50/50 profit split. 2-book deal, digital-only. | ||||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:48:20 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $8,300 | 2010 | Yes | Rhiannon Held | ||||||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:27:15 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $2,000 | 2017 | Small/Indie | Yes | Black | Other | Rivers Solomon | AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS | ||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:28:38 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | 2019 | Large (Big 5) | No | Black | Other | Rivers Solomon | THE DEEP | ||||||
| 6/11/2020 14:29:37 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $500,000 | Large (Big 5) | No | Black | Other | Rivers Solomon | SORROWLAND | |||||||
| 6/6/2020 23:18:43 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $15,000 | 2018 | Scholastic | White | Queer | Rosiee Thor | ||||||||
| 6/6/2020 21:20:43 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $170,000 | Yes | White | Cis Woman | Straight | S. A. Chakraborty | Trilogy | |||||||
| 6/8/2020 19:49:46 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $20,000 | 2016 | White | Cis Woman | Sam Hawke | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:36:31 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $10,000 | White | Cis Man | Sam Sykes | Trilogy. | |||||||||
| 6/6/2020 17:37:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $50,000 | White | Cis Man | Sam Sykes | ||||||||||
| 6/7/2020 17:47:09 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | $0 | North America Only | 2020 | Small/Indie | Yes |