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[ksmith]

I admit that I did visit fivethirtyeight.com a few times prior to the election (a few=lots). More power to Nate Silver for nailing a good book deal, but this line got me:

The pricetag, we hear, is above $600,000 but below $1 million—a healthy sum even though it's paying for two books rather than just one.

It's a healthy sum for five books, even. Or ten. Twenty.

I know. I'm speaking from the genre side fo the fence, not up-to-the-minute nonfiction, which pays much better on average. But that "even though" got to me. The "rather than just one" didn't help.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Look on the bright side -- his tax bill will be higher than our advances . . .

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Just once, I would like the problems that come from being handed too much money.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

That's what God created accountants for?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Yes, but you still need to know what's going on, so you can worry.