P&Ls and how books make (or don't) money
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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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Pessimistic?
Date: 2006-05-15 04:58 pm (UTC)"What do you write?" he asked.
"Short fiction."
"HA!" he mocked, "Good luck, buddy!"
"How can I improve my chances?"
"You really wanna make money writing? OK here's what you do: first become a big celebrity, then write a cookbook."
No kidding. That's what he said. I still write but not as much or as enthusiastically as I did five or six years ago. I have not yet started a cookbook.