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anna genoese ([personal profile] alg) wrote2006-04-20 02:05 pm

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

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.

[identity profile] alg.livejournal.com 2006-04-20 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
ALL midlist has gone through the same cuts. ALL of it. Mystery, SF, fantasy, westerns, romance, etc. The difference is in the numbers.

(Frankly, the above doesn't sound very plausible. A 40,000 sell through is good -- unless you printed 200,000 copies of the book, which I doubt it did.

A 40,000 print run is what is not good.)