Times Best Seller Viehl Shares Financial Realities of Publishing

[franfriel]

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[peadarog]

It was a good article all right, but more for the general public than other authors! We know...

[franfriel]

Agreed, and I think it's very helpful for new writers to see what they're getting into.

Always a pleasure to see you, Peadar.

[emrecom]

It's truly disconcerting to think there are more people in my part of Manhattan than in the entire readership of an NYT bestseller.

Otherwise, she 1. has serious cojones and 2, echoes my experience and the experience of a friend who was cranking out a niche NF book every year, selling well and still barely breaking 40K.

I wonder if Kindle and things like that will help but it doesn't seem Americans are in the habit of reading for pleasure.

Of course, the ludicrous cost of hardbacks and even over-size paperbacks can't be helping things. So maybe the e-reader idea might help a bit.

[mariadkins]

I know Douglas Clegg raves about his Kindle II. He loves that thing!

[mariadkins]

phew! the dude on that book cover is HAWT!!!

[las]

Her article seems to fit with what I've seen from Gary's royalty statements from mass-market publishers -- reserves against returns are a bitch :-\

[ajjones]

I wish this info was available to the non-writer general public who consider no writer successful unless they're filthy rich and in Oprah's book club.

[mariadkins]

AMEN!!!