Yes, Virginia, Norton Will Make Money on the Book The success of Norton’s authorized edition of the 9/11 Commission Report continues to cause befuddlement far and wide. At least today’s NY Times article clears up the notion that the — given their reported sales figures — publisher was going to lose money on the project. Company president Drake McFeely admits that now it’s only a question of whether it, “Will pay something like normal profits or above-average profits.” (Of course Slate’s Explainer still maintains, “There’s no guarantee that Norton will ever make a dime off this particular deal.” Does anyone […]
