Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:33:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Future Washington Anthology
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Michael Walsh wrote:

> Speaking of such, I am amused to note that Jayson Blair's book (he,
> the disgraced NY Times scribe who recieved a 7 figure advance for
> the book), well the book in it's first week of publication has sold
> . . . 1386 copies out the quarter million printrun.

Am I missing something?  1386 copies sold in a week means a quarter
million copies will be sold in 3.5 years.  Not great, but not terrible
either.  Of course rate of sales will fall off with time, but so what
if it takes twice as long to sell all the copies?  How much does it
cost to store a book in a warehouse for a year, anyway?  I would
imagine it would take decades before the cost of storing a book
exceeds what the book can eventually be sold for.

Aren't we still storing some WSFA Press books from more than a decade
ago?  I've heard no suggestion that we toss them in a dumpster, or
even that we sell them at half price.
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