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.

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Don't worry!

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There will be a "Grunge II", sooner or later. You can be a star. And I can be a novelist. It'll all work out in the end.

Or something.

-- Jules, who doesn't have a LiveJournal account yet.