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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] christianaellis.livejournal.com 2006-04-20 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, this was fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to go into such detail. I've always had this vague understanding of the publishing industry as being more complicated than "Step 1: Collect manuscripts, Step 3: Profit!", but I have only recently begun trying to penetrate the fog.

Now, it's still vague, but slightly less so. Thanks! ^_^

[identity profile] alg.livejournal.com 2006-04-20 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome!

[identity profile] barbarienne.livejournal.com 2006-04-20 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
+1 South Park reference!