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The Artful Dodgers of the literary agenting world are well-versed in manipulating a new editor's insecurity and extracting hefty advances from the deep pockets of the conglomerates.
Most celebrity authors sell slender proposals for hefty advances before even beginning to write, but Mr. Gerstner showed them about 100 pages of his book.
There is no doubt, Mr Hovey says, that hefty advances in the equity markets have fattened state budgets with increased capital gains, but no one knows exactly by how much.
Instead of paying writers hefty advances and then sending them out on the road to report for months at a time, publishers can rely on reporters who are already doing the work as part of their day job.
Are they simply a legalised version of file-sharing sites such as Napster and Pirate Bay – with the difference being that with streaming services the big labels now get hefty advances?
We presumably possess the lofty skills of writing and those skills are valued by the market, for which we get rewarded by reviews, by academic creative-writing positions, by hefty advances.
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The Stap phenomenon pushed the envelope of biological plausibility a bit too far, yet its appearance in Nature granted a hefty advance of credibility.
The overall stock market managed a small gain for the week, and technology stocks propelled the Nasdaq composite index to a hefty advance.
Still, HarperCollins is willing to bet a hefty advance that Mr. Welch's imprimatur is powerful enough to propel sales of a business how-to book.
Pop stars, politicians, TV presenters and actors: few in the public eye are immune to the lure of relating their oh-so-humble beginnings and the road to universal adoration in return for a hefty advance and a book tour.
Emma Cline, whose debut novel comes with much buzz (including a hefty advance, publication deals in numerous countries and a pre-emptive swoop for the film rights by Scott Rudin), now joins the ranks of writers from John Updike and Alison Lurie to Chuck Palahniuk and Emily St John Mandel.
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