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Astrologer Linda Goodman received the highest advance ever paid for a book in the 1970s

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If you ever doubt how lucrative selling vague personality traits can be, look at Linda Goodman. In 1978, she secured a $2.25 million advance for her book 'Love Signs'—the largest advance ever paid for a book at that time. She literally beat out blockbuster fiction authors by simply telling people why a Scorpio man is going to ruin their life.

Astrologer Linda Goodman received the highest advance ever paid for a book in the 1970s
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