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.

Comments

[amy37.livejournal.com]

Man, I love you for doing this. If I'd had a blog when I was still editing, I don't know if I'd have had the patience or the motivation to do it, and I tell you, it's so helpful! Even to me! Explaining this stuff isn't easy, and you do it about a thousand times better than I've ever been able to do.

(Just ask my very confuzzled mother.)

[alg.livejournal.com]

Aww. You are welcome!