From my tech-writing agent, in an email message yesterday:

Did you want us to send you a check for the payment due, or did you want an electronic funds transfer to your bank acct?

It took 7½ years, but my last tech book finally brought in more for the publisher than the size of the advance.

(And no, I do not take this as a hint to return to tech writing. Heh.)

Woot!

P.S. To answer the obvious question: thirty-six dollars and change, after subtracting the agent’s commission. Of my five tech books (depending how you count), this is the only one to have crossed the magic threshold.

P.P.S. I’ll probably request payment by check; I have a feeling I’ll either want to frame it or (depending on circumstances at the time it arrives) maybe just frame a photocopy.