Trade publishers aim for a profit margin of fifteen percent.

Evidence

Book publishing is a business with relatively tight profit margins. Most trade publishers aim for a profit margin of fifteen percent and hope realistically to end up with at least a ten percent profit margin at the end of a fiscal year. — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 125

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 125