Contrary to what people think, mob books don't make that much money. I have been a part of 5 books published on organized crime in the Cleveland/Youngstown area and unless a book makes the NY Times best seller list, they are "barely" profitable unless somebody like John Gotti is writing it and gets an advance. Ask Scott Burnstein, Allan May, Scott Deitsche...not much profit for all the hard work and years of researching.