“The royalty any author gets is dependent on his track record and marketability and often on the price of his book, too. The higher you price a book, the more comfortable your publisher will be in paying you a higher royalty.”

Indian author and banker

Ravi Subramanian is an Indian author and banker. He spent nearly two decades in financial services and is known for writing thrillers set in the world of banking. He is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore, class of 1993, and has 99 quotes on the site. His fiction includes the banking trilogy The Incredible Banker, The Bankster and Bankerupt. He worked with Citibank, HSBC and ANZ Grindlays, and later became chief executive of a listed non-banking financial company. His books draw on the culture, pressures and dealings of the banking sector.