how the money works in publishing: the real skinny

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The Biz

The Biz

Anna Louise at LiveJournal provides hard facts. The tag on this post is “demystifying publishing” and indeed, it is a very very detailed and for many probably very sobering account of how advances are calculated and where all the money goes.

My take on all this: I don wanna. I won’t even read my royalty statements. I call up my agent and ask for a three sentence summary/bottom line, and then I let all that go. In my case, too much exposure to Numbers results in a shut down in the writing process.

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22. April 2006 by surviving the biz

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2 Responses

  1. Keziah Hill says:
    26. April 2006 at 4:34 am

    I glazed over as soon as I started reading it. I’m sure it’s important but it just made my brain hurt.

  2. Rosina says:
    26. April 2006 at 11:18 pm

    Keziah — I know. I feel like I should read it, the way I should eat more veg.

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