bestselling authors?

answers1:The author usually receives a fixed initial amount as payment
for allowing the publisher to publish and distribute the author's
work. The author will also receive a percentage of the net profits
realized by the publisher throughout the selling cycle.The author may
or may not give up his rights to the work after this first publishing
cycle.The publisher will usually continue to publish as long as there
is an expectation of profit. When that expectation approaches zero,
the publisher will discontinue the effort.If the author has retained
rights to his work, he can then approach another publisher to start a
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