3 ms·I wouldn't be suprised if they started making these sorts of loans to AUTHORS soon.by johnrgrace 14y agoI wouldn't be suprised if they started making these sorts of loans to AUTHORS soon.lazugod 14y agoAre you being sarcastic?fiatmoney 14y agoIt's common for publishers to give authors an advance on sales of a book - effectively a loan, paid back via royalties. If Amazon gets deeper into traditional publishing it wouldn't be crazy for them to do some version of the same.