Option number 1 (if a regular, traditional publisher picks up your book) can often get you more money and get your book into more hands compared to self-publishing. As a first-time, virtually unknown author, you can expect to get a $5000 advance and 8% of the list price (or at least thatâs what my friends got).
The Oracle at Delphi. Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be the omphalos-the center (literally navel) of the world.
Priestess at Delphi, 1891 (oil on canvas). Collier, John (1850-1934). Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. The priestess, engulfed in fumes escaping from a fissure, is called the Pythia. Both fissure and oracle are symbols of the unknown.