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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letmeoutofhere

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Read the whole thing, and feel like I've been beat half to death. No wonder I'd rather write. It's an escape from this kind of awful, grinding machinery. Hurray for the grinders!