Bookfuture
- 2. <not important>
• Cedric Chin • Eli James (.org)
• @shadowsun7 • novelr.com
• Computer Science • pandamian.com
• fiction2.0
• Brantley fic20 list
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- 4. Economics of a Book
USD $26 Hardcover
$3.90 - Author Royalties
$1.80 - Paper, Binding, Printing
$1.00 Distribution
$4.60 - Rent, Editors, Sales Force,
Unearned Author Advances
$13 - Publisher
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- 5. Economics of a Book
• Bookstores return 35% of all hardcovers
• Publishers make a loss on a majority of
their catalog
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- 6. Low Margins
• Risky business
• Hard to get published
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- 8. eBooks
ePub
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- 13. Problem with eBooks
• Craig Mod
• HTML-based books
• The annotated book
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- 15. Pandamian
Social Books
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