It costs tens of thousands of yuan to publish a book, but some publishing houses publish hundreds of thousands of copies at once. Are publishing houses very rich?

Answer 1

Not necessarily. The financial situation of the publishing house was not directly related to the number of books published. The funds of the publishing house came from the profits obtained from publishing books rather than direct monetary investment. Even if the cost of a book was high, if the profit from the book was high, the publishing house could also make a high profit. Therefore, whether a publishing firm was rich or not depended on their publishing strategy, their ability to make money, and their market performance. Some publishing houses may publish fewer books but each book has a high revenue so they can maintain a good financial position; others may publish more books but have relatively low revenue so their financial situation may be more difficult.