Hi, Jenn. I just learned my debut earned out, and I’m SO happy. I never thought this would happen. It wasn’t by a lot, though, and I’m wondering how likely it is that, on my next statement, it’ll turn out that people returned stock, and I’m back in the negative. Does that happen often, kind of like how second royalty statements may dip after the returned stock after that initial book release?

That's awesome, what an exciting milestone! As for "will it go back in the negative" - well, if you only earned out by like $2 or something, maybe ? But don't stress about it or anything. The bulk of front list returns probably happen like 6-12 months after pub, or when the paperback comes out, so if it has been over 1.5/2 years since pub, you've probably gotten well past that big dip already and…