Some deals listed in Publishers Marketplace surprise me because, while I like to think I have a base level knowledge of what’s getting published and by whom, I see great sales by authors I’ve really never heard of before. Now, I’ve heard of Lynsay Sands. Her book A Quick Bite is on my TBR pile. But…A Quick Bite was the first time Sands came onto my radar screen. Had no idea she was a NYT bestseller.

I’m not saying Sands doesn’t deserve a great advance. I’m not saying anything about her books. I’m pro-big advances and pro-authors doing well. Good for her! My only point is that there are a bunch of romance authors out there who I hear about all the time - sometimes to the point where I get sick of hearing about them and then can’t buy their books. Then there are those out there who are writing and doing well, and I haven’t stumbled across them yet. Makes me wonder what else I’m missing out there in Book Land.

The deal:

NYT bestselling author Lynsay Sands’s THE ACCIDENTAL VAMPIRE, a three-book continuation of the romance series, featuring the Argeneau family of vampires, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a good deal, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (world English).

A “good deal” means Sands received an advance in the neighborhood of $100,000-$250,000.

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