no one pays until they have to

As someone who's been in the biz as a bookseller (worked at an indy for a couple of years); as a book buyer and now as an author, I thought I knew a LOT about the business and knew what I was getting into. Finding out the above now that I am published was the thing that I didn't know. It was a shocker.

It's a weird, scary, fascinating business - for all sides of the equation.

Thanks for the scoop!