Book People Archive

Re: Book People mailing list to end at the end of the month

yeah, well, it all got pretty boring after i left, didn't it?            ;+)

-bowerbird

p.s.   in press-runs of the size done by the big publishers,
the p/p/b cost (paper/printing/binding) is $1-$2 per book.
the author's share might come to a whopping $1-$2 as well.
yet by the time that book gets to a bookstore, it can cost $16.
_somebody_ must be siphoning off some money somewhere,
and i doubt it's the people at the bottom of the pecking order.
>    http://z-m-l.com/misc/printerpricing.html
of course, if your accountants are good, no one will ever know,
and when you're siphoning, you can hire the best accountants...

[Moderator: Just in case you or others missed it, there were some posts in the
 ealier price thread that had more details on other slices of the pie, such as
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/bparchive?year=2007&post=2007-10-12,4
 (the example in that post is for a book retailing for $10, though the
 printing and author cost parts are in line with Bowerbird's figure above)
 - JMO]