Why do so many debut literary novels sell for big money?
There is a website called Publisher's Marketplace, where agents report the book deals they make on behalf of their authors. And if you pay $25 a month (which you should never do, unless you're doing research on agents), you can browse those deals. And in browsing those deals, you will sometimes see novels selling for huge advances. It's not common, but …
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