How much do most publishing companies pay for book deals?

Do they usually pay you a certain amount if you've written a certain genre of book?

For example:Would they pay you more if you've written a Vampire novel vs.if you've

written a War novel? I'm asking because i've heard that some publishers pay writers

more for a certain genre,because if that genre is really popular they know alot of people

are going to buy the book and its going to be a bestseller.How much do most publishing companies pay for book deals?
In theory, the genre doesn't matter. In practice, the size of the advance reflects the publisher's estimate of how many copies the book will sell, so some genres will probably get a larger advance than others. The per-copy royalty depends more on how well-established you are (and perhaps on how good a negotiator your agent is). You'll get a lower royalty rate for your first book than for your tenth successive bestseller, for instance.



If this is a roundabout way of asking which genre you should write... write what you most enjoy writing. Few books ever get published, and even fewer sell well enough that the author can give up the day job and write full time. It can take years to write a book, and decades to realise that you're not going to get rich from writing. If you spent all that time writing stuff you didn't even like, what's the point?How much do most publishing companies pay for book deals?
Actually, from my own in-depth publishing research, genre does matter. For instance, on average, sci-fi pays about $5,000 per book. Romance can be as high as $20,000-$25,000 per book. Romance is the best selling genre, after all. The average new writer, though, will get somewhere between $1,000-10,000 advance for their first book; again, this is an average for debut authors. Right now, advances are declining because of the economy, so you're more likely to get less in advance than you would have, say, 4 years ago. Mystery isn't selling well right now, so you might not get a high advance unless it's a stellar book that the publisher thinks will be a best seller. Nothing is guaranteed to be a best seller because readers are fickle, but if the publisher pays you a 6 figure advance then that's a sign that they're going to put a lot of marketing behind your book because they do want to recoup most of that money. But, paying you a high advance does not mean you'll be a best seller it just means that the publisher thinks that. Publishers can only guess at what they think will be best sellers. Being a best sellers depends on how many people go out and buy your book. Publishers have no control over this, and sometimes they'll pay a high advance and the book will have poor sales.How much do most publishing companies pay for book deals?
While every publishing contract is negotiable, it's unlikely any but the heaviest hitters would be able to budge a publisher much past the typical royalty arrangement. Publishers who offer more than one genre generally pay the same percentages for all the genres, so whoever told you otherwise is misinformed.



Bottom line is to write what you love and are good at, without regard to marketability of its genre.
In general. No, genre doesn't matter. But if the publisher has an itch that your book will be a hit then you will most likely get a bigger advance. Does that bigger advance make you rich? Not in the least.
If you're a first time writer you will get less than an established author.