Financial Management for Book Publishers in Developing Market Economies
Budapest: Center for Publishing Development (2000), 199 pp.
"This book aims to assist private and state publishers, and NGO publishers operating within young market economies, in understanding how better to handle the financial management of their organizations during a period of rapid change; to develop stronger, larger, more profitable, more valuable organizations; to grasp new opportunities rather than leave entre-preneurs outside the industry to take the initiative for developments and change. The book will discuss the financial management techniques employed by book publishers and by other industries in developed economies. The purpose of this is to illustrate the financial management techniques that may be appropriate and necessary for publishers in the future, and in order to contrast the financial management techniques required in young economies." (Chapter 1: Introduction)
1 Introduction and Aims, 3
2 Publishing and the Economic Environment, 6
3 Financial and Investor Objectives and Targets, 15
4 Accounting Concepts – a Set of Accounts for a Book Publisher, 20
5 Title Investment Decision and Pricing Methods, 45
6 Working Capital Management, 79
7 The Print Run Decision, 113
8 Planning and Control: avoiding failure, 125
9 Raising Finance and Banking, 141
10 The Financial Management of Returns in Electronic Publishing, 162
11 A Postscript, 169
APPENDICES
1 New Title Investment Decision models
2 New title costing proposal for Electronic Publishing using Net Present Value
3 Cashflow Forecast
4 A Simple Investment Schedule
5 A Financial Management Audit Check List
6 A Title Cost and Sales Database Forecasting and Control System
7 Case studies
2 Publishing and the Economic Environment, 6
3 Financial and Investor Objectives and Targets, 15
4 Accounting Concepts – a Set of Accounts for a Book Publisher, 20
5 Title Investment Decision and Pricing Methods, 45
6 Working Capital Management, 79
7 The Print Run Decision, 113
8 Planning and Control: avoiding failure, 125
9 Raising Finance and Banking, 141
10 The Financial Management of Returns in Electronic Publishing, 162
11 A Postscript, 169
APPENDICES
1 New Title Investment Decision models
2 New title costing proposal for Electronic Publishing using Net Present Value
3 Cashflow Forecast
4 A Simple Investment Schedule
5 A Financial Management Audit Check List
6 A Title Cost and Sales Database Forecasting and Control System
7 Case studies
