According to a recent post, "Show Me the Money!" by author Brenda Hiatt, it all depends on who you sign with.
According to Hiatt, advances range anywhere from zero (Wild Rose Press) to $2,050 (Sourcebooks) to $80,000 (MIRA).
Among the big publishers, here's the rundown of the average advances, in most cases, for the first book:
$10,400
Ballantine
$40,000
Bantam/Dell
$17,000
Berkley/Jove
$8,100
Dutton/Signet/NAL
$9,400
Grand Central Publishing
$7,100
HQN
$22,700
St. Martin’s Press
$18,500
For more numbers and details, check out Hiatt's blog by clicking here.
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