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

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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.

Comments

[julesjones]

Thanks, for this and other posts. It is useful to me, and it is a useful resource for me to point other people at, and I greatly appreciate it on both counts.

And am I a bad girl if I look at "hc/mm" in a demystifying publishing post, and read "hurt/comfort slash" for a second before the sensible part of my brain takes over?

[alg.livejournal.com]

"hc/mm" in a demystifying publishing post, and read "hurt/comfort slash"

hahahahahaa!!!!!!!! omg.