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Mystery of John Kellerman Star Wars Action figures book
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<blockquote data-quote="SAVORY100" data-source="post: 469665" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>I'm not sure the actual demand is as great as the perceived demand... the price is high (as noted above) because its seen as a collectable. </p><p></p><p>The majority of a major publisher's money is made through paperback fiction (summer reads) and through Non-Fiction Christmas front list (Jamie Oliver cook books and 'celebrity' autobiographies). Specialist titles like these have high production values and make the whole thing both broadly unattractive financially and generally needs a minor / specialist publisher to have a gap in their list and a passion to do it.</p><p></p><p>To get a sensible price when publishing a book (for a publisher rather than self published) and where a publishing house will take it on to make money is at least 10k units. Below 5k units it becomes a bit of a vanity project for them and the returns become part based on the promotional benefit. </p><p></p><p>Anything under 1k units is usually self published as there is little to no profit available at all... hence why books like the brilliant Poch/PBP one was very high priced. They become a love affair and passion over profit and to make that work you need an active author to push for it to be printed/reprinted. If JK is unwell and possibly disinterested in pursuing it himself there is likely little to motivate a reprint.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SAVORY100, post: 469665, member: 5830"] I'm not sure the actual demand is as great as the perceived demand... the price is high (as noted above) because its seen as a collectable. The majority of a major publisher's money is made through paperback fiction (summer reads) and through Non-Fiction Christmas front list (Jamie Oliver cook books and 'celebrity' autobiographies). Specialist titles like these have high production values and make the whole thing both broadly unattractive financially and generally needs a minor / specialist publisher to have a gap in their list and a passion to do it. To get a sensible price when publishing a book (for a publisher rather than self published) and where a publishing house will take it on to make money is at least 10k units. Below 5k units it becomes a bit of a vanity project for them and the returns become part based on the promotional benefit. Anything under 1k units is usually self published as there is little to no profit available at all... hence why books like the brilliant Poch/PBP one was very high priced. They become a love affair and passion over profit and to make that work you need an active author to push for it to be printed/reprinted. If JK is unwell and possibly disinterested in pursuing it himself there is likely little to motivate a reprint. [/QUOTE]
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