Herod Archelaus' brother, Herod Antipas, was the son of Herod the Great and his Samaritan wife. Antipas was tetrarch (governor of a fourth part of a province) of Galilee during all of Jesus' life.
Average Author Salaries. The average salary for author jobs is $62,000. Average author salaries can vary greatly due to company, location, industry, experience and benefits. This salary was calculated using the average salary for all jobs with the term author anywhere in the job listing.
Earnings for Best-Selling Authors Who Aren't Superstars. According to the Authors Guild, authors commonly receive 10 percent of sales up to 5,000 copies, 12.5 percent of the next 5,000 and 15 percent after that. Any advance paid to the author before publication is deducted from the incoming royalties from sales. Given the royalties of a standard contract, an author selling 20,000 books priced at $25 would earn $65,625 the first week on the New York Times best-seller list.