The Rest Is Entertainment<\/a>, Osman said: “The book that Harry wrote, it’s impossible to overestimate how much money that has made.<\/p>\n“I mean, it’s been one of the most successful books. The fastest selling non-fiction book of all time. I’ve done some back of the envelope calculations because I like to.<\/p>\n
“I know what you get paid per book. Got a $20million advance. Thing with an advance is, you get paid in advance, $20million in that case, you do not make a penny until your publisher makes back their $20million.<\/p>\n
“And once they’ve made back their $20million, and there’s all sorts of sliding scales about how that works, what they get, what you get, once you’ve made the $20million, then you get your royalties.”<\/p>\n
Ranking up his knowledge, he then added: “I think – and his book has not come out in paperback yet. So this book is purely hardback. I reckon he’s made $26-27million.<\/p>\n
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