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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.

[identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com 2006-04-25 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you see the article in the most recent poets & writers about this same subject? I also spent the weekend meeting with Literary Agents who summed up what you said without all the detail. The publishing industry overwhelms me. I'll just sit over here and work on my second novel.