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let's see, I think Dad paid something on the order of $10K to publish his book (about 100 copies). Of course, it was a hard-cover edition.
and editors don't come cheap.
Alex -- how much money do you really think an author makes on a book???
I'd figure that the average book (and technical books have to be updated about every 18 months) takes about 500 hours to write (this is a number Kevin Loney has come up with and I'm willing to believe him, given his experience)
So... as a consultant let's say I work cheap (in NY anyway) for $100/hr
500 hours over a 40 hour week = 12.5 weeks or about 3 months
so.... 500*100 = $50,000 for 3 months, or $200,000 over a year
THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU MAKE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS AN AUTHOR!!! Damn it, best-selling authors don't make that kind of money.
Geez, wake up and smell the coffee, technical writing is NOT done to get rich.
>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: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:11:00 -0800
>
>I am sure that any of working DBA's have this money to put up front. I
>don't
>think that risk to invest in the book is more than in the stock market.
>Also
>what is the problem to hire editor (especially not technical). Should not
>be
>too expencive. Of cource it is more work, but one can get much more money.
>
>Alex Hillman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:26 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>self-publishing houses charge you to publish the book (yes, they do, that's
>how my father-in-law published his book)
>
>I also doubt that they give you much in the way of help in editing your
>book, so that if your English is not good (as the case of the author that
>Jonathan is working with) you end up with an unreadable book.
>
>
> >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: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
> >Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:45:49 -0800
> >
> >I would one of self-publishing houses like Technion where you can get 33%
> >of
> >sales.
> >If your book is any good it will sell in the same volume as with any
>other
> >publisher (not that they spend a lot of money for promotion any way).
> >
> >Alex Hillman
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:31 AM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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> >
> >First would be to prepare and send a synopsis to the
> >'big name' oracle publishers - O'Reilly, Wrox and the
> >like..
> >
> >hth
> >connor
> >
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