Publishing by the Numbers from James W. Ziskin

Share a "hot take" about the book world, an opinion of yours that might be unpopular but is a hill you're willing to die on (at least for now).

Not sure if this qualifies as a hot take or as an unpopular opinion, but I don’t understand how the publishing biz works. How do they manage to sell books on a large scale? They’ve obviously figured it out, right? Of course they have. They sell millions of books every year. Just not mine.

In general, I have trouble imagining large figures. When I see book ...