What is the going price for a novel in Russia and France?
(By way of suggesting the level of generality of answer I’m looking for, here’s what I think I know about the novel business in the U.S., and feel free to correct this if I am wrong: 1. My understanding is that novelists publishing with mainstream publishers in the US take in probably $10K to $250K depending on sales, with the majority not getting into six figures. Assuming the novel gets published, writing a novel is typically about as remunerative on an hourly basis as working at the post office. The Tom Clancys and Stephen Kings of the world operate on a different plane that is not relevant to most writers. 2. I understand that film rights work roughly as follows: Very few movies are ever made from books because very few movies are made period. I think there were about 100 or so films in wide release in the US in 2005. As a practical matter, then, most business in movie rights is in selling options, i.e., selling a right to make a film from a book that expires if the film is not mad
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