Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

You love to see it. That's the Work. That's the Tea. I'm Here for It. Life as pure cynical brand moves. I'd be surprised if he made much more money off the book than I did off a few months of articles. But he turned up. He's on his grind. Here's to a Real One

Wonder if he made as much as Berlatsky makes off his books.

Possibly not given all the overhead and not earning out the advance, but who can say?

You think he gets advances?

Noah on the self-published books? No. This dude, yes. When I was close to one of these trade press deals, the number being discussed was in the neighborhood of 15k

If your book doesn't make enough money to cover the advance do they take some of it back?

No, but they can if you don't actually finish and deliver the manuscript, though given how poor most writers are, that's irrelevant.

I think I would classify Noah's books as vanity projects