Publishing Dharma: Struggle of A Passing Paradigm

"In the publishing world, pure dharma -- and here I mean translations of core texts, sutras, etc. -- doesn't make money: it loses money. It is a prestige item supported by sales from commentaries, pseudo-commentaries, new age pap, cookbooks, coffee table books, and what have you."

http://tibetanaltar.blogspot.com/2009/09/publishing-dharma-struggle-of-passing.html