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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Re: What, more questions?

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These are really good questions, but I am not going to answer them. Why? Because the answers are long and complicated and will take a long time, and I just don't have that kind of time. If you are serious about wanting answers to your questions, I suggest you hit my post where people ask their questions in the comments (http://alg.livejournal.com/74060.html?mode=reply"), and I will get to it and make a post about it. OK?