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USA TODAY Network / Reuters“From Pitch to Publication” is a series taking readers behind the curtain of modern publishing as a business. I already know what the price of my novel will be before it publishes next year. Long before readers decide whether they want to buy “How to Kill a Chupacabras,” the publisher has already determined what the number on the back cover will be. For readers, that number can feel…