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The author offers a formula for valuing a publishing business based on net sales and the nature of the business (e.g., scientific and technical versus mass-market paperback). Further factors to be considered are the history of profitability, future profitability, the balance sheet, staff, and fit between the company being bought and the purchaser’s existing business.
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Martin P. Levin, Esq., is counsel to the New York law firm of Cowan, Liebowitz and Latman, where he specializes in mergers and acquisitions in the publishing industry. He was admitted to the Bar in 1984 after having served as president, book publishing, of the Times Mirror Company for seventeen years, acquiring and supervising publishing subsidiaries.
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Levin, M.P. How to value your publishing business. Publishing Research Quarterly 9, 23–27 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02680639
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