P&Ls and how books make (or don't) money

[alg]

Profit & Loss/Profitability & Liability: How Books Make (or Don't Make!) Money

A basic outline of what happens when an editor buys a book and wants to publish it. This is very much a basic look at publishing and publishing finance, with some explanation of terms commonly used by the marketing and sales departments.

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[alg.livejournal.com]

tnh says:

It could be worse. You could want to be a rock star.

[tharain.livejournal.com]

This conversation sucks for my nasal passages.

That and I'm disturbing the people in the next office. Poor them.

[alg.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha. I have no pity.

I do want to be a rock star. But I cannot play an instrument worth a damn, nor can I sing, and the grunge movement is over. So if you feel frustrated, just think of me -- I will never fulfill my dream career EVER.

[tharain.livejournal.com]

Oh, noooooooooooooo. You, too can be a star! It's all about the Podcasts, woman. Get the mp3 files, a microphone, some software, and you too can be an online rockstar. I even have a DVD (live) and a studio recorded piece.

Tiffany made her one hit wonderdom workin' the mall circuit...

Wo. A very cute guy just walked by. Brain fuse.

...so you can do it online.

Or, as an alternative, American Idol, that insulting, agist darling of a television show.

[alg.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHA times a million!

[tharain.livejournal.com]

::grins::

I might not win, but I score. =D

[(Anonymous)]

Beware the rattlers in the stomach, for they are notions of motion, sound and furies, signifying nothing.

^ The above mangled, mixed metaphor combines Farscape, Ecclesiastes, and the Bard in ways heretofore I did not even contemplate.

The rattlers in your stomach don't mean a thing. -- Reach for the stars and grab 'em. This is your playground. Remember that, son (or jirl).

[tharain.livejournal.com]

And, of coruse....the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true...

Don't worry!

[(Anonymous)]

There will be a "Grunge II", sooner or later. You can be a star. And I can be a novelist. It'll all work out in the end.

Or something.

-- Jules, who doesn't have a LiveJournal account yet.