P&Ls and how books make (or don't) money
Apr. 20th, 2006 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
algProfit & 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.
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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Date: 2006-04-20 06:43 pm (UTC)It could be worse. You could want to be a rock star.
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Date: 2006-04-20 06:44 pm (UTC)That and I'm disturbing the people in the next office. Poor them.
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Date: 2006-04-20 06:47 pm (UTC)I do want to be a rock star. But I cannot play an instrument worth a damn, nor can I sing, and the grunge movement is over. So if you feel frustrated, just think of me -- I will never fulfill my dream career EVER.
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Date: 2006-04-20 06:52 pm (UTC)Tiffany made her one hit wonderdom workin' the mall circuit...
Wo. A very cute guy just walked by. Brain fuse.
...so you can do it online.
Or, as an alternative, American Idol, that insulting, agist darling of a television show.
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Date: 2006-04-20 07:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-20 07:04 pm (UTC)I might not win, but I score. =D
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Date: 2006-04-25 11:13 pm (UTC)^ The above mangled, mixed metaphor combines Farscape, Ecclesiastes, and the Bard in ways heretofore I did not even contemplate.
The rattlers in your stomach don't mean a thing. -- Reach for the stars and grab 'em. This is your playground. Remember that, son (or jirl).
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Date: 2006-04-25 11:16 pm (UTC)Don't worry!
Date: 2006-05-13 08:29 pm (UTC)Or something.
-- Jules, who doesn't have a LiveJournal account yet.