Eileen talks about the financial basics of POD poetry books.

Since my first POD title was an anthology and I promised 2 copies per contributor and there were 88 contributors (including several international contributors) -- my numbers were higher.

What I learned:

Books that have numerous contributors -- offer 1 copy. I know that sounds cheap (it did to me, that's why I offered 2) -- but aside from having to pay for double the books -- POSTAGE became a big deal. 2 books weigh more than 1 pound. Packages over 1 pound have to be sent either priority mail or book rate (which takes WEEKS, possibly months). Two books don't fit in the priority mail flat rate envelope -- so the postage varied by destination. It really added up -- more than tripled my postage budget - a major blunder on my part.

Oh well, I know now.