Managing a Publishing Company

Management, for Publishers and Others

Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers by Thomas Woll
The author has covered every major subject involved in running a publishing company, and covered them well. This book is clear, succinct, and avoids both the Scylla of boredom and the Charybdis of inadequate coverage.

The topics include:

Setting an overall strategy for your company, and updating it,
Staffing properly,
Workflow through the whole editorial, production and marketing process, and the interaction needed between departments,
Cost-saving tactics for production departments,
Subsidiary rights sales and administration,
An overview of marketing, and the economics of reaching your customers, and
An overview of accounting and financial techniques from a manager's perspective.

I routinely recommend this book to potential clients in my consulting practice, and to fellow members of the small publishing e-communities. Many new publishers know quite a bit about the editorial and marketing sides of publishing, but have given very little thought to the nitty-gritty of keeping the company afloat. If you know someone like that, get them to read this book as soon as possible!

Visit the author's web-site.
To view it on Amazon, click here.

How To Start & Run a Small Book Publishing Company by Peter Hupalo
This book will give you a leg up on the parts of publishing that many folks overlook when they are dreaming of making books. Many books exist that tell you about how to get your ISBN, and even more will tell you how to market your book, but there is a real dearth of information about how to form and run a small publishing house.

Peter is filling that void. A few the issues covered are:

Sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, S corp or LLC?
Basic accounting and record-keeping
Expected discounts to customers, and their implications for your bottom line
Suggestions for marketing strategies to avoid and to follow
Warehousing, fulfillment, wholesalers and distributors: what you must know

If you don't feel completely on top of the details and costs of all of the above, and you are considering publishing a book, this is one title that you should buy. It will more than pay for itself and for your time in reading it.

Visit the publisher's web-site.
To view it on Amazon, click here.

Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families by Andra Medea
This book describes and diagnoses the components of conflict so that you can clearly understand it. Then the author gives clear, sound, and comprehensive advice for dealing with the situation, your own emotional and physical responses, and your opponent, in order to achieve the best possible resolution.

I strongly recommend this book to everyone who has any interest in dealing with and resolving conflicts. It will be exceptionally useful for managers,attorneys,police officers, and members of dysfunctional families.

I have been a manager for years. Dealing with conflict productively has been the single greatest challenge facing me, or the managers I have coached. I wish this book had been written at the very beginning of my career. I can think of so many situations I would have handled better. Get it. You'll agree.

Visit the publisher's web-site.
To view it on Amazon, click here.

Business Security: Over 50 Ways to Protect Your Business! by T.A. Brown
This information-dense book will give you an important start on dealing with any security issue likely to arise in your business. Had a mugging in your parking lot? Here's how to make your employees and customers safer. Had a customer skip out on a large debt? This is where to go and what to do to get your money back. Want to do a background check on someone? Look here and find out how.

I have been dealing with keeping my companies' employees and funds safe for decades. I still learned a quite a bit from this book, and will be keeping it handy for future reference. Buy it. Read it. Apply it. If even one technique is needed, you will have more than repaid your time, money and effort.

Visit the publisher's web-site.
To view it on Amazon, click here.

How to Love the Job You Hate by Jane Boucher
This book helps you understand the elements of your unhappiness, and find ways to change the situation for the better. It is filled, from cover to cover, with sensible, practical ways to make change one of the biggest parts of your life: your career.

There is nothing startling here, but there is also nothing that seems likely to be beyond the ability of the vast majority of sufferers. This book would have helped most of the unhappy workers I have known. There is also a section for employers that might prevent many people from needing help, if its suggestions are applied.

If you are ready to fix the problems that are making you less happy than you could be, or if you know someone who might be ready to take charge of their happiness at work, then this is a good book to begin with.

Visit the publisher's web-site.
To view it on Amazon, click here.

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	Management, for Publishers and Others Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers by Thomas Woll The author has covered every major subject involved in running a publishing company, and covered them well. This book is clear, succinct, and avoids both the Scylla of boredom and the Charybdis of inadequate coverage. The topics include: Setting an overall strategy for your company, and updating it, Staffing properly, Workflow through the whole editorial, production and marketing process, and the interaction needed between departments, Cost-saving tactics for production departments, Subsidiary rights sales and administration, An overview of marketing, and the economics of reaching your customers, and An overview of accounting and financial techniques from a manager's perspective. I routinely recommend this book to potential clients in my consulting practice, and to fellow members of the small publishing e-communities. Many new publishers know quite a bit about the editorial and marketing sides of publishing, but have given very little thought to the nitty-gritty of keeping the company afloat. If you know someone like that, get them to read this book as soon as possible! Visit the author's web-site. To view it on Amazon, click here. How To Start & Run a Small Book Publishing Company by Peter Hupalo This book will give you a leg up on the parts of publishing that many folks overlook when they are dreaming of making books. Many books exist that tell you about how to get your ISBN, and even more will tell you how to market your book, but there is a real dearth of information about how to form and run a small publishing house. Peter is filling that void. A few the issues covered are: Sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, S corp or LLC? Basic accounting and record-keeping Expected discounts to customers, and their implications for your bottom line Suggestions for marketing strategies to avoid and to follow Warehousing, fulfillment, wholesalers and distributors: what you must know If you don't feel completely on top of the details and costs of all of the above, and you are considering publishing a book, this is one title that you should buy. It will more than pay for itself and for your time in reading it. Visit the publisher's web-site. To view it on Amazon, click here. Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families by Andra Medea This book describes and diagnoses the components of conflict so that you can clearly understand it. Then the author gives clear, sound, and comprehensive advice for dealing with the situation, your own emotional and physical responses, and your opponent, in order to achieve the best possible resolution. I strongly recommend this book to everyone who has any interest in dealing with and resolving conflicts. It will be exceptionally useful for managers,attorneys,police officers, and members of dysfunctional families. I have been a manager for years. Dealing with conflict productively has been the single greatest challenge facing me, or the managers I have coached. I wish this book had been written at the very beginning of my career. I can think of so many situations I would have handled better. Get it. You'll agree. Visit the publisher's web-site. To view it on Amazon, click here. Business Security: Over 50 Ways to Protect Your Business! by T.A. Brown This information-dense book will give you an important start on dealing with any security issue likely to arise in your business. Had a mugging in your parking lot? Here's how to make your employees and customers safer. Had a customer skip out on a large debt? This is where to go and what to do to get your money back. Want to do a background check on someone? Look here and find out how. I have been dealing with keeping my companies' employees and funds safe for decades. I still learned a quite a bit from this book, and will be keeping it handy for future reference. Buy it. Read it. Apply it. If even one technique is needed, you will have more than repaid your time, money and effort. Visit the publisher's web-site. To view it on Amazon, click here. How to Love the Job You Hate by Jane Boucher This book helps you understand the elements of your unhappiness, and find ways to change the situation for the better. It is filled, from cover to cover, with sensible, practical ways to make change one of the biggest parts of your life: your career. There is nothing startling here, but there is also nothing that seems likely to be beyond the ability of the vast majority of sufferers. This book would have helped most of the unhappy workers I have known. There is also a section for employers that might prevent many people from needing help, if its suggestions are applied. If you are ready to fix the problems that are making you less happy than you could be, or if you know someone who might be ready to take charge of their happiness at work, then this is a good book to begin with. Visit the publisher's web-site. To view it on Amazon, click here. N.B.: Gropen Associates participates in Amazon's Associate program, but in no other affiliate programs, to preserve our objectivity. Reviews posted here may be quoted, with attribution, by publishers and others, in accordance with the norms of the industry. No other use of written material on this site is allowed without express written permission. All rights are reserved to Gropen Associates.
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