Business Operations
10.17.25How to BUILD
A SMARTER P&L

Publishers get into the business for a multitude of reasons. They stay in business by making informed decisions that enable them to turn a profit, title by title. With a comprehensive profit-and-loss (P&L) system, publishers can model costs, forecast sales, and decide on print runs, formats, and pricing strategies.

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Christopher Locke of IBPA and Michael La Ronn of the Alliance of Independent Authors share best practices for self-published authors.

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