[Gaffer]

They aren’t that stupid. They most certainly framed the $14M as an ‘advance on sales’. If the sales don’t materialize, she has to pay back proportionately.

[WayneS]

For a normal author, I’d agree with you. For Hillary Clinton, I doubt it.

[Tzfat]

Nah, a “donation” to a fellow Marxist

[Malone LaVeigh]

They aren’t that stupid. They most certainly framed the $14M as an ‘advance on sales’. If the sales don’t materialize, she has to pay back proportionately.

You are clearly unfamiliar with The Pirate Code.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m guessing it’s costing S&S about $5.00/unit to print the hardback version and a little less on the softcover. If it is true that they printed up a million copies they’ve lost quite a bit on her not including the $14 million.