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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Re[2]: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
every book deal is different -- based on the publisher's belief in the marketability of the author, the number of pages in the book, the selling price of the book, the number of authors and how well they negotiate.
It's sort of like the request for the definitive answer on how to set your init.ora parameters -- "it depends"
you negotiate a royalty rate. Someone who is a known author can usually get a higher rate. you negotiate on the "break points" - the number of books that have to be sold before the royalty rate changes (upwards usually)
you get a different amount based on where the book is sold: a bookstore for full price, an online retailer who discounts it, a book club, domestic sales vs foreign sales.
Then you have to negotiate with your co-authors on how to split this money up.
Reading a royalty statement is an art.
sorry, since I am not an elected official, and I am not asking you for a loan, my personal finances are none of your business.
And I consider it incredibly rude of you to ask.
>From: "Hillman, Alex" <Alex.Hillman_at_usmint.treas.gov>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: Re[2]: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 11:41:30 -0800
>
>Somehow this question and answers reminds me when I asked several years ago
>one guy how much his house is worth. He became red and answered something
>like roughly don't remember. I told him that his purchase is a public
>record
>and any real estate agent ( and I have licence but don't use it) can get
>this info in a matter of minutes. The same story here - somehow everybody
>telling you how minisqule amount they got from writing a book, however
>nobody will tell you what are usual deal parameters, what percentages you
>get from sales, how it depends on the sales volume etc. You should go
>directly to the publisher and find this out. When I would like to ask
>somebody what his or her ( no sexism :-)) rate is I ask usually what is the
>range this position is paying and usually people do not have problem to
>answer such question. Again, it is much better in my opinion to do self
>publishing.
>
>Alex Hillman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 2:32 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Jonathan,
>
>Everyone has there own reasons for wanting to write a book. For me, the
>reasons are:
>
>1. Credibility with peers / clients
>2. Sense of accomplishment
>3. Enjoy sharing information with people
>4. Some extra cash
>
>I would certainly say that the first 3 are TRUELY the reason that I would
>consider such a project, but the extra cash is always a plus!! I certainly
>am not interested in getting into anyone's personal finances...but could
>you
>give us some indication / range of what an author could expect to receive
>from a book deal? I'm sure it varies depending upon the topic and
>salesability...but what's a good range? How are book deals typically
>structured?
>
>Thanks,
>Ed Haskins
>Oracle DBA
>Verizon Wireless
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 1:26 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Wednesday, June 06, 2001, 4:53:21 PM, Christopher Spence wrote:
>CS> I hope your not doing it to get rich :)
>
>Chris brings up a good point. It's *extremely* difficult to
>predict book sales in advance. Editors get surprised all the
>time. Books we think will sell well, don't. And sometimes
>it's the other way around. It's best to go in with low
>expectations, and hopefully you'll come out pleasantly
>surprised.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jonathan Gennick
>mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com * 906.387.1698
>http://Gennick.com * http://MichiganWaterfalls.com * http://MetalDrums.org
>
>
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