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An article on Aug. 20 about the mystery writer Martha Grimes and her new novel about the publishing industry, "Foul Matter," misstated the meaning of the publishing term used as the book's title.
Ms. Pinkwater and Mr. Accavitti said it was difficult to estimate a dollar value for the Dodge role in the movie because the deal was partly "added value," a publishing term for perks earned by a large and frequent advertiser, and partly additional money.
This means that the author and the publisher both have a lot of skin in the game, guaranteeing that both will "work their butts off" (that's a publishing term) to make the book successful.
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Mr. Workman was known in the publishing world as a genially offbeat entrepreneur of nonfiction, with an on-base percentage — in publishing terms — worthy of Cooperstown: one of every three books issued by Workman sold 100,000 copies or more.
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