First, some awesome news: I learned recently that I Killed Zoe Spanos earned out its advance!

But what does that even mean? Unless you’re an author yourself or work in book publishing (and even then it can be murky) the ins and outs of book advances and royalties and earning out can be more than a bit opaque. But it’s interesting, I think, to more than just authors. As a pre-published writer, I was definitely hungry to know how it all worked, and as I often have friends and family ask me questi...