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As a means of exposing the book-advance imbalance of white and black authors, urban fantasy novelist L.L.
Come on, white authors.
Use the hashtag and share what you got for your books, McKinney wrote.
Sheaddedthat the movement is meant to highlight the disparity between whats paid to non-Black authors vs. Black authors.
Theres a reason for that, especially in the context of this moment.
Several authors were also inspired enough to share the complete history of their advances.
Publishers usually base their advances on how much money they believe the book will earn.
Black authors understand that the advance isnt paid all at once.
We know it needs to be taxed.
We know agents need to be paid, McKinneynoted.
That just makes the disparity worse, doesnt it?
And #PublishingPaidMe is part of a conversation with specific context, such as who does or doesnt.
Issues weve been talking about, and screaming about, for years, but weve largely gone ignored.
Important to watch the#PublishingPaidMehash, writers and esp BIPOC writers.
