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

Re: breaking down some line items

[(Anonymous)]

"She's trying to convey some fiscal realism to aspiring writers."

and, as an aspiring writer... she totally did. So, Jim. You are confusing me & a lot of new writers go for the big guys in NYC anyway, because we know we can trust them. I'd rather have the facts, and i don't see negatives here... but I think Anna's post is really positive and informative, ....information that is really helpful to a clueless newbie.

Re: breaking down some line items

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(as in clueless I can't seem to ever log in... this was me, and I promise to stop forgetting~!)

Re: breaking down some line items

[(Anonymous)]

It's not my intention to confuse the issue, and if that's what I'm doing here, I apologize. I think it's probably time for me to bow out of this discussion here.

For a more complete -- and I hope less confusing -- expression of my point of view on all this including the advice I'd give to new writers, visit: http://statelyhuangmanor.com/essays/DSkeynote.htm

-- Jim