Publishing

marky · Post by **marky** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:33 pm

I read a statistic recently in one of my books that said that about 35% of books sent out for the public's consumption get returned by retailers due to lack of sales. Do you think that's true or is that false?

Post by **mccutcheon** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 2:50 pm

i'm sure that's true. a sad state of affairs i'd say.

Post by **Sloth** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 6:46 pm

Yeah they get returned. And then they are either pulped or discounted to half price vendors.

martino · Post by **martino** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 7:03 pm

often publishers merely require the bookshops to tear off the cover and send it back as proof of non-sale. this way, postage costs are saved; it doesn't matter who pulps a book.

at least, that used to be the common method but i don't know whether they still do it that way. back in the eighties, i bought a few hundred cover-less books from guys on times square for a few cents apiece... illegal but good if you're poor

Post by **Sloth** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:37 am

Hey I'd be happy just to get published.

<Jack Chiefton> · Post by **<Jack Chiefton>** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:35 am

Well, artistic integrity and financial stability are more or less oxymorons when talking about the publishing and writing business, unless you're Stephen King of course. Although these two endeavors, which I know nothing about, need to be reformed to some degree. Am I on the right trail at all Martino? I know most of my literary heroes struggled to maintain a balance between making bodies of work, and getting people to publish their bodies of work, let alone presenting material during their respected time in history that would touch a large percentage of the population that still gave a shit about the lost art of writing. That's the literature I look for. Mc and Sloth's writings present to me a new flash of light. However, in the case of writing and publish, comparisons are odious.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 7:22 pm

wow Jack, that was nice. you on meds?

Myke115 · Post by **Myke115** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:25 pm

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mc cutcheon:
<strong>wow Jack, that was nice. you on meds?</strong><hr></blockquote>

On meds? ... I know I am ... at least on A med.

myke