Publication Costs

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Title		Author		Retail Price1		Discount2		Wholesale Price3		Print Cost4		Publisher Compensation5		Publisher Profit6		Author Royalty7		Publication Cost8		Break-Even Point9		Books Sold10
Prompted to Write, Volume 3		Joe Sweeney		12.95		0.47		6.86		2.97		3.89		1.56		2.33		142.50		37		0
The Star Gazing Chronicles		Paul Casey		29.95		0.55		13.48		6.12		7.38		2.95		4.43		142.50		20		1
Patterns Coloring Book		Joe Sweeney		7.95		0.00		0.00		4.34		3.61		0.00		0.00		434.67		121		4
APOLLO: A Decade of Achievement		Paul Casey		49.97		0.55		22.49		11.02		10.39		4.16		6.23		142.50		23		39
Hands-On Design Patterns For Visual Basic Simplified Edition		Joe Sweeney		29.99		0.55		13.50		3.89		9.64		3.86		5.78		142.50		37		11
Prompted to Write, Volume 2		Joe Sweeney		15.95		0.47		8.45		4.01		4.44		1.78		2.66		142.50		58		3
Portraits and Reflections - Revised Edition		Steve Sweeney		6.95		0.47		3.68		2.30		1.38		0.55		0.83		100.00		182		116
Prompted to Write		Joe Sweeney		10.95		0.47		5.80		3.37		2.43		0.97		1.46		142.50		106		9
zheewa		Joe Sweeney		11.95		0.47		6.33		3.53		2.80		1.12		1.68		142.50		92		18
Tile Patterns: Symmetry-Based Replication		Joe Sweeney		29.95		0.55		13.48		5.19		8.29		3.32		4.97		142.50		43		7
Mad Queen's Chess		Joe Sweeney		14.95		0.47		7.92		2.98		4.94		1.98		2.96		142.50		73		49
Hands-On Programming Fundamentals 2nd Edition		Joe Sweeney		39.95		0.55		17.98		8.97		9.01		3.60		5.41		142.50		37		10
A Random Collection of Events		Joe Sweeney		14.95		0.47		7.92		4.12		3.80		1.52		2.28		172.50		114		21

¹The price you pay for the book.
²The amount I have to discount the retail price for retailers who sell the book. 55% is standard, 47% is considered a short discount.
³The price a retailer pays me for the book.
⁴The price I pay the printer to print the book.
⁵The compensation I receive from the printer when the book is sold.
⁶The amount that my company receives as profit on the sale of the book (40% of the compensation amount).
⁷The amount of royalty I pay to the author (60% of the compensation amount)
⁸The costs to publish the book, which include file upload and revision costs paid to the printer, as well as the cost of the ISBN. This does not include the time for design, layout and editing.
⁹The number of books I would have to sell to make a profit.
¹⁰The number of books I have sold to date. I currently don't have the resources for marketing.