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

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

I'm embarrassed to admit how far into this post I had to read before I realized Crichton is an idiot was about John Crichton. I was thinking "A romance about global warming? Okay."

Thanks for this post.

[alg.livejournal.com]

HAH.

You're welcome. :)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

And I was thinking Michael Crichton...

Wrong Crichton

[(Anonymous)]

Forgive me-- I assumed you meant Sarah.

We'll leave alone why I thought that title was entirely appropriate....