13: The Three-Point Plan
Posted in Diary posts on June 29th, 2010 by Peter Baker29 June 2010
The organisational structures which underlie the publishing industry are fickle, profit-seeking institutions. Persuading one of them to accept a manuscript is extremely difficult. Three quarters of books don’t make back their production costs, let alone turn a meaningful profit. Last year in the USA (the world’s most important market for English-language books), over 150,000 were published.
How many have you heard of? 0.1% of them? Read more »