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Dan,
Hey, my father-in-law was a certified genealogist, he wrote the family history and had to self-publish it. I know....
I LOVE teaching.... that's why I do it. And I know it sounds all sorts of corny, but the reward I really do get is when someone says "thanks, you helped me through a really bad situation, I found what I needed in your book"
Rachel
>From: "Dan Mills" <mills.dan_at_home.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: Thanks and another book request
>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 19:20:26 -0800
>
>Rachel,
>
>Having witnessed my mother rise to the top of the Professional Genealogist
>field, being published countless times along the way, and never having any
>spending money growing up, I can say that she was not in it for the money,
>and nor are the majority of the non-fiction writers.
>
>Some things are more rewarding than money.
>
>dgm
>
>----- Original Message -----
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 8:05 PM
>
>
> > well, let's do the math.....
> >
> > let's say I get $5 for each book that is sold (I don't, and the
>royalties
> > change depending on if the book has sold at full price or from a
>discount
> > house) but the $5 makes the math easier
> > (and it's less than minimum wage in the US!)
> >
> >
> > let's round the numbers, and say that an independent DBA consultant can
>earn
> > $150/hr in New York, where I live. (That's an average, some make more,
>some
> > less)
> >
> > and 150/5 = 30 so I'd have to work 30 times as many hours writing books
>as
> > I would as a consultant to make the same amount of money
> >
> > Most personnel departments assume that there are 200 workdays in a year
> > (vacation, weekends and holidays excluded), and that a workday is 8
>hours
> > long. Yes, I know no DBA works a 40 hour week, this is just an example.
> >
> > so.... 200*8 = 1600 hours work in a year.
> >
> > 1600/500= 3.2 books a year and 1600*5=$8000 a year
> >
> > 1600*150=$240,000
> >
> > don't know about you, I'd rather be a consultant!
> >
> > I repeat -- you don't make money writing books, and if that is why you
>are
> > writing them, you'd be better off just consulting. Even if you write in
>your
> > "spare time", you lose -- I worked evenings, and all day all weekend
> > writing. I didn't see my friends or family for the time I was writing.
> >
> >
> > Oh, and since my name does show up when my messages post, so it's easy
>to
> > see how it is spelled....
> >
> > it's Rachel, not Rachael
> >
> >
> > >From: "orclbabu" <orclbabu_at_hotmail.com>
> > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > >Subject: Re: Thanks and another book request
> > >Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 12:32:11 -0800
> > >
> > >Rachael
> > >
> > > > consultant for that number of hours.... Not profitable to write one.
> > >
> > >The very fact that you often repeat this in response to mails that
>refer
>to
> > >your books, makes us think otherwise $$$
> > >
> > >;-)
> > >
> > >babu
> > >
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