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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.

Especially under the circumstances...

(Anonymous) 2006-04-24 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Which, apparently, is remarkably similar to Sloppy Firsts, by Megan McCafferty:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/23/similar_passages_in_two_books_published_5_years_apart

Oops!