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Book Royalty Calculator

Earnings from advance, royalty rate, and projected sales.

Royalty earned$8000
Advance recoupedYes
Net earnings$3000
Breakeven units3125

About this tool

Type your advance, royalty rate, list price, and projected unit sales to get the advance breakdown against earned royalties, the breakeven sales count, and projected royalty earnings for print, ebook, and audiobook at typical industry splits. Targets the r/PubTips and r/selfpublish 'is a $5k advance at 8% royalty good' perennial question.

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