On 04/15/96, Karen Coyle <kec[_at_]stubbs.ucop.edu> said:
>
> I have heard figures (I wish I had hard data, but don't,
> sorry) that the actual printing/binding cost for a
> hard-bound book is about $2.50. The majority of the cost
> is actually editorial. I don't know what proportion is
> distribution & advertising.
I would think that editorial would vary tremendously depending on the nature of the work, and, because it is a fixed cost, would be a varying percentage per copy depending on the volume. Thus, if the editorial work were half a man year (say $75K) it would vary from $.075 per copy for a million copy best seller, to $7.50 per copy for a text book with a run of 10,000.
Regards,
John
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