Publishers, Open Your Books! We Know the Numbers Lie

An interesting look at the publishing industry From The New York Observer.

They look why publishing, alone among the “entertainment industries,” is so closed-mouthed on numbers. The author says nobody talks about publishing numbers because they are so unbelievably low.

“Well,” she said, “writers don’t want their neighbors, their school boards, their friends to know what they’re making,” adding that the publishing industry isn’t interested in blowing its own horn.