> As far as I know, book publishing isn't a high-margin business. E-book publishing certainly is or there would be more bullet points to add to my comment abov

> As far as I know, book publishing isn't a high-margin business. E-book publishing certainly is or there would be more bullet points to add to my comment above. The only way this could not be the case were if they were addicted to investing in authors that didn't produce revenue—certainly possible, but I don't see any indication of this.