what is the salary range of an author or writer who writes a novel?
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It is horrendously variable.  Most people who write novels never get them published, so they make nothing.  Most novels make very little in royalties.  A few writers make millions a year.  I have two friends who are professional writers and neither appears in good financial condition.
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check out workopolis.com they have a lot of info on salary ranges.
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It is going to vary pretty widely based on experience and location.  You can find the appropriate range for you at salary.com - \nhttp://www.salary.com/home/layoutscripts/homl_display.asp\n\nsearch by job "marketing" and your zip code for the range in your area.\n\nHope this helps!
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There's really no hard numbers, but in general an author would get an advance equal to the royalties on the expected year to year and a half of sales.\n\nRoyalties are often computed on an escalating scale:  8% up the first 10,000, 10% from 10,001 to 24,999, and 15% afterward, less returns.\n\nThe real question comes whether the royalty is on net or on list (that is, the amount of money the publisher received from each book or the amount that is printed on the cover of the book as the list price).  It's much better as an author to get list, but much better for the publisher to pay on net.\n\nI can't really give you hard numbers.  A poet, for example, might get a couple of hundred dollars (if that!) for a book, which some authors (Stephen King, Jackie Collins) get advances well into six figures per book, plus a large percentage of subsidiary rights like permissions, translations, first and second serial rights, and so on.
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This depends what kind of engineers. This can range from 40K annual to over 100K annual depending the field they work in, and the experience they have. For example an IT Eng doesn't makes about 35-40K on entry level, where as an E-Eng makes about 10K more on the same level.
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The answer to your question can be personalized for your area by visitng http://www.salary.com/ and putting in the appropriate information.
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My dad, who is self-publishing a novel, says that most books are done in 12-point type. Of course, the size of the pages makes a difference. (Cheap paperbacks, especially sci-fi, tend to use 10-point or even 8-point, but since you mentioned hardcover I assume you're not writing a cheap paperback.)\n(Note to all the correction artists out there: I did not say all paperbacks are cheap.)
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Head to Authorhouse (www.authorhouse.com)\n\nDo your own promotion and save a ton of money. Most authors get 80 cents or less per book sold. Do it as a POD and you can make $6 or more.
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To be a published novelist.
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Well, right now I am writing a novel and I am only 13 years old. It really depends on your writing and your age. But if your writing is good enough, you can get it published it authorhouse.com\n\n\nif you want to read my first chapter of my novel, She loves me not, She loves me not, just email me at manchester.midfielder@yahoo.com
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Go to salary.com and research it.
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If it is a public institution, go to the library and request the salary book, they are required to have it. Otherwise check http://www.chronicle.com/ and see their data section for average pay based on institution.
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depends on what area of the country you live in.  different areas have dif salary ranges so I cant help ya there.  When i worked for barnes and noble, I made pretty good money and yes they are a good company to work for.  They do have good benefits and salary.  Plus you get to read for free!
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I suggest you read more about the freelance writing and know more about this field. Here are some suggested books for you http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/writing.htm :\n\n- Secrets of a Freelance Writer, Second Edition : How To Make $85,000 A Year (Author: Robert W. Bly)\n- The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less (Author: Peter Bowerman)\n- The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds A Second Helping Of "How-To" For Any Writer Dreaming of Great Bucks and Exceptional Quality of Life (Author: Peter Bowerman)\n- Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer (Author: Jenna Glatzer)\n- The Wealthy Writer: How to Earn a Six-Figure Income As a Freelance Writer (No Kidding!) (Author: Michael Meanwell)\n- The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success (Author: Linda Formichelli)\n- Bob Bly's Guide to Freelance Writing Success: How to Make $100,000 a Year As a Freelance Writer and Have the Time of Your Life Doing It (Author: Robert W. Bly)\n- Damn! Why Didn't I Write That? How Ordinary People are Raking in $100,000.00...or more Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too! (Author: Marc McCutcheon)\n\nGiven your engineering background, you can go to the field of technical writing. Technical writing is the delivery of technical information to readers (or listeners or viewers) in a manner that is adapted to their needs, level of understanding, and background. The job of a technical writer is to write about highly technical subjects but in a way that a beginner-a non-specialist could understand. This ability to "translate" technical information to non-specialists is a key skill to any technical communicator. \n\nThe technical writer can work on different projects, mostly in the field of science, technology, and business. Some of the writing projects include: user and product manuals, software and hardware documentation and instruction booklets; technical books; marketing materials such as brochures and flyers for technical products; business correspondences; organizational policy and procedure manuals; even business plans.
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You basically want to become a book publishing agent, where authors would come to you and you help them get published. Your role as an agent would be to make the process of finding a publisher for writers easier, faster, and hopefully, more lucrative. \n\nYou help writers craft better book proposals, you pitch the proposals to publishers and you help negotiate the deal between the writer and publisher.\n\nLiterary agents have different ways to earn. Typically, they earn by commission basis (often 15 percent) on the books they sell and everything relating to that book, such as excerpted magazine articles, audio tapes and films (but not speeches and personal appearances). Agents usually receive 20 percent for overseas sales.  Some agents charge reading fees just for looking at book proposal, and many charge for the costs incurred in making the deal happen (e.g. photocopying costs, telephone costs, etc) over and above the 15% commission.\n\nOther types of agents charge by the hour the work they do on author's proposal - from reading the book proposal to marketing the proposal. So even if they failed to get a publisher interested in the book and publish the book, they get paid for the hourly work done for the prospective author.
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Depends on several things. anywhere between $10-$100 per hour depending on experience, creativity, turn around time.\nMonthly salary would be anywhere between USD 45k to $100k.\n\nThanks\nRaj Reddy Allipuram\nhttp://www.allipuram.com
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It depends on the level of education, the number of years working in the field, and the industry one chooses. Someone with a bachelor's degree would probably earn $35K to $45K to start. A master's degree raises the salary to $40K - $50K. Someone with a PhD could earn anywhere from $50K to $80K to start.