Re: [SL] sql-ledger for publisher?

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, John R. Culleton wrote:

> Has anyone attempted to run a publishing enterprise using sql-ledger?

John,

   No, I haven't. But what I've learned over the past few years is that SL
can be adapted to almost everything. Sometimes we need to translate from our
language into SL's language, but it works.

> The main difference between publishing and other manufacturing or
> retailing is the presence of the author, who is in some respects a vendor
> and in some repects a partner in the enterprise.  The relationship with
> distibutors is also somehat different from regular manufacturing
> situations.

   An example in my service consulting business: I have inventory items for
various types of services. This way I can create an invoice that reflects
the proper amounts (when I billed by the hour). Various travel and work
related expenses are also entered as inventory so they can be 'sold' (or, I
suppose, used as part of an assembly).

   Your authors might also be in your inventory as well as vendors for
payment purposes. There are a lot of very clever people here who can help
you fit your exact needs into the SL syntax. And, of course, Dieter can be
hired to help, too.

Rich

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