- Book Publishing
You are the owner of a publishing firm and you have a new authorthat you plan to publish. It is an action/espionage novel. Youbelieve that the author has a good book, but it is her first bookand you don’t really know what the sales numbers will look like. Assuch, you want to do a break even analysis to find out how manybooks you have to sell in order to get back your initialinvestment.
The book will be published in paperback sized 6”x9”. The initialset up cost for setting up the press for the book is $900 dollars.After the additional cost for setting up the press, each book willcost $2.19 each to make.
- How much will it cost to print _ books?
- 100 books
- 200 books
- 500 books
- 1000 books
- 2000 books
- What is the cost per book for eachquantity?
- If the book retails at 9.99, How many books do you needto sell in order to break even?
- Is publishing this book a good idea? Are you willing tomake the investment to print the books? How many books would youprint to get the project started? Why? How much would youcharge?
