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

[lepapillon.livejournal.com]

Wow.... who knew I'd learn so much from LJ?

But this is the stuff I'm interested in so I'm glad you're posting about it. I never knew it was that complex or involved I guess. Kind of scary for both a publisher and a writer.

[alg.livejournal.com]

You're not learning from LJ, you're learning from meeeee!! But now you can write your paid LJ account off as a business expense. ;)

[zhaneel69.livejournal.com]

o.O

I had never thought of that. Don't think I can (since I can read your stuff w/o the paid access) but... damn... that's hawt.