One thing to note about the underprinting phenomena, which is more common now than I remember it being (although age, by all accounts, does kill brain cells <wry g>) is that the overall number of the title printed might not be an increase for the author over the overall number printed for their previous title.
Or: Book 2 of the series gets an overall initial order/printing of 20K.
Book 3 of the series gets an initial run of 16K. The editor can argue with whoever makes the decisions for the print run in warehousing, etc., but if they decide that's all that they're getting, that's all they'll print. When the 16K is then followed up by 4K of lagged orders (late reps, late catalogues), they end up in a second printing, but the total is still the same. The cost to the publisher, per unit, isn't, of course, the same.
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Date: 2004-08-12 07:41 pm (UTC)One thing to note about the underprinting phenomena, which is more common now than I remember it being (although age, by all accounts, does kill brain cells <wry g>) is that the overall number of the title printed might not be an increase for the author over the overall number printed for their previous title.
Or: Book 2 of the series gets an overall initial order/printing of 20K.
Book 3 of the series gets an initial run of 16K. The editor can argue with whoever makes the decisions for the print run in warehousing, etc., but if they decide that's all that they're getting, that's all they'll print. When the 16K is then followed up by 4K of lagged orders (late reps, late catalogues), they end up in a second printing, but the total is still the same. The cost to the publisher, per unit, isn't, of course, the same.