Monday, March 01, 2010

The cost of publishing

I found this article fascinating.

It's a breakdown of exactly how much it costs a publisher to produce a hardcover, paperback, and e-book. It was an eye-opener for me because publishers are notoriously stingy about releasing this sort of information to their authors (as you might imagine).

Not that knowing this will give me any bargaining power for my next few books (one of which is being pitched as you read this),  but it's nice to know anyway.