The numbers seemed ludicrous, especially for the authors with advances in the six figures. The server quickly filled up with shocked and crying-laughter emojis. When the discussion came up one day, people in the group started doing math to figure out how many copies they’d need to sell to earn out. My debut group, 2024-Ever, was no exception. Sooner or later, every debut group starts talking about earning out. When the amount you’ve earned in this way equals the advance your publisher paid you, you’ve earned out - and the royalties start being paid directly to you on a regular basis.

Every time someone buys a copy of your book, you earn a percentage of the money from that sale in the form of royalties.

The “advance” your publisher pays you is an advance on your future royalties.

If you’re a traditionally published author or hoping to be one someday, you’ve probably heard of “ earning out.” What does earning out mean, anyway? A third generation Japanese American, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and an overflowing closet of vintage treasures.Photo by Iryna Tysiak on Unsplash of a planner with pencils, pens, an orange, and a calculator. Additionally, Sarah was a finalist for both the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her newest novel, From Little Tokyo, With Love-a modern fairy tale with a half-Japanese heroine-is a Junior Library Guild selection and was recently chosen as Penguin Random House’s One World, One Book title of the year, one of People magazine’s Best Books of Summer, and one of the New York Times’ YA Books to Add to Your Reading List. She has also penned a variety of short fiction and comics, including the critically acclaimed graphic novel Shadow of the Batgirl for DC Comics and the Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra. Her YA debut, the beloved Japan-set romantic comedy I Love You So Mochi, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. The first book is a Locus bestseller, an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Sarah Kuhn is the author of the popular Heroine Complex novels-a series starring Asian American superheroines.

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