Just read an informative (but stark!) post on Ian Irvine’s site about the world of publishing.  Some people may find an article like this helpful.  Some might be discouraged. There are all kinds of truths here.  Some nice.  Some not so nice.

Here’s the sad truth: most people who write a book will never get it published, half the writers who are published won’t see a second book in print, and most books published are never reprinted. What’s more, half the titles in any given bookshop won’t sell a single copy there, and most published writers won’t earn anything from their book apart from the advance.