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by bombcar 43 days ago
If it makes you feel any better/worse, a publisher is also likely to leave the marketing up to you, beyond making it available to purchasers and one or two half-hearted "marketing" actions that basically consist of sending you to a convention or two.

Books don't earn out their advance unless your first name is a ball of initials.

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What does "a ball of initials" mean?
J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, etc.
G.R.R. Martin, etc. It's apparently a defining characteristic!