First, I edited Michael Heinrich's book, skillfully translated by Alex Locascio. It is a good book, concise, lucid, and it clears up a lot of misunderstandings about Marx. Second, I want Monthly Review Press to survive, and it cannot unless most readers buy our books. We keep our prices pretty low, and we do a decent job of making attractive books, especially given that we have so few people working at the Press. Three to be exact, plus contracted out work, mainly copyediting. We pay royalties to our writers unless they agree to forego them, which many do but by no means all. Professional writers have to get paid to live too. I would never have taught for free, so why should any worker labor for nothing? Third, if you really want a book and can't afford it, write me and I will do my best to get you a copy. When you have some extra funds, you can make a contribution to the Press. Fourth, I am always interested to learn of ways for left writing to survive outside of someone transferring money in one way or another to writers, publishers, etc. We are not subsidized by any group or organization. So what should we do to survive if everyone steals our books? Fifth, translations are a particularly vexing problem. They are expensive, and invariably they require extra editing unless we are lucky enough to get an exceptional and committed radical translator like Alex. Michael Yates