Comment on Ask HN: What is a fair price to write a tech book?Comments−Matt_Mickiewicz12yThe vast majority of tech books sell fewer than 5000 copies.A typical advance is $4000 - $10,000 (for well known authors), split into several parts.Royalties vary, 8-15% is standard. Programatic Programmers is much more generous.$1000 advance is unusually low.−eneifertOP12yThanks Matt that is more what I was thinking. There are 40,000+ companies that use Zendesk so estimating less than 5000 copies seems reasonable and I also agree 1000$ advance is unusually low.Thanks for the advice!
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The vast majority of tech books sell fewer than 5000 copies.
A typical advance is $4000 - $10,000 (for well known authors), split into several parts.
Royalties vary, 8-15% is standard. Programatic Programmers is much more generous.
$1000 advance is unusually low.
Thanks Matt that is more what I was thinking. There are 40,000+ companies that use Zendesk so estimating less than 5000 copies seems reasonable and I also agree 1000$ advance is unusually low.
Thanks for the advice!