Your Hold Against Returns (HAR) gets released automatically after three royalty statement periods. After we release your first HAR, we may retain a much lower flat hold for a few additional quarters. We do this as a hold against returns and we will hold until we are sure that the majority of your initial preorders have come back to us from our accounts. We may hold some portion of your money for up to two years, but for those of you in Year 2 that amount is generally $200-$400 to ensure that we don’t put you in a position where you owe us money. By the time you’re two years post-publication, all remaining small holds will be released.