383: The Mashup as a Model: Lessons for Your Writing Career from Edgar Allan Poe - Interview with Catherine Baab-Muguira
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How to Make Money in Publishing
I think one of the things that is often overlooked in talking about nings in publishing is the fact that you don't get paid the 20 thousand dollars as a bulk. Oftentimes, just as you say, it's not the book that actually makes the money. Like with d i m f a, the sales from our book is eteeny tiny percentage of what the company as a whole earns. There's no way, given the size of the book, for it to sustain a company of this size. It's hard for virtually anyone to get over the edge unless they era to beter with three million followers, right down 100 %.
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