That was really useful, and if you don't mind, I'm going to forward the URL for this entry to various places. Is that OK?
(The first rule of publishing -- coming at it from the opposite end -- is that part of the editor's job is to keep authors the hell away from the folks who actually make and sell books. And as most of us authors don't work in bookstores, this sort of explanation of the underlying economics is actually really useful to us.)
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Date: 10 Jan 2009 09:57 pm (UTC)(The first rule of publishing -- coming at it from the opposite end -- is that part of the editor's job is to keep authors the hell away from the folks who actually make and sell books. And as most of us authors don't work in bookstores, this sort of explanation of the underlying economics is actually really useful to us.)