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Jim,
I promise to come see that movie! "do-good angel caught between Heaven and Hell" though? Darn it all, I thought I was more the "bad girl" type :)
Rachel
>From: "Jim Hawkins" <jhawkins_at_primary.net>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: OT - Wrap-up of "Serious Question (believe it or not)..."
>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 07:47:38 -0800
>
>Well, we certainly had a fine discussion on this topic, and I thank all
>those who responded and weighed in. All of your input was extremely
>valuable to me (and others).
>
>Based on Rachel's and others' comments, I believe that I could not
>*happily*
>write a technical book at this point in my life (3 kids under age 4), so
>I've decided to follow the other camp's suggestion. That's right, we're
>going straight to the big screen. Join me in next year's Cannes Festival
>in
>southern France (yeah, they'll love an invasion of drunk Oracle DBA's).
>
>"Hidden Parameter, Crouching Developer - or How I Learned to Love the
>Larry"
>directed by Jim Hawkins.
>
>Starring (not in order of importance):
>*Larry Ellison as God
>*Bill "Shrek" Thater as The Enforcer (a gentle assassin with a
>compassionate
>heart)
>*Ross Mohan as Hannibal (speedo-wearing cannibal)
>*Rachel Carmichael as The Goddess (a do-good angel caught between Heaven
>and
>Hell)
>*Jared Still as Charlie (the voice behind the chair)
>
>And anyone else that wants a part, just let me know. Haven't built a
>story-line yet, but wht could possibly go wrong with this winning
>combination film?
>
>But seriously, sorry about this post - it's Friday, I'm in a good mood, and
>have my databases all running so well, that I could spend 15 minutes typing
>this email.
>
>Virtual Guiness Stout to all on the list, compliments of my new film
>company.
>
>Jim
>
>--
>Jim Hawkins
>Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator
>MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
>600 Pearl Drive
>St. Louis, MO 633376
>9636) 474-7832
>jhawkins_at_memc.com (work)
>jhawkins_at_primary.net (home)
>
> > 10% of GROSS sales? or net? I'd be really really surprised if it were
> > gross.
> >
> > Figure that net sales on that @29.95 book is at most half that.
> >
> > And 10,000 copies? Hm, well, I'd bet someone like Steven Feuerstein or
>Kevin
> > Loney would sell that many, but not most authors.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_cybcon.com>
> > >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 18:55:22 -0800
> > >
> > >On Thursday 07 June 2001 15:56, schmoldt_at_fyiowa.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think all the original poster was asking was ballpark figures.
>ie;
> > > > should a prospective author of an Oracle book expect to make around
> > >$1,000,
> > > > around $10,000, around $100,000, etc. No personal finances
>involved.
> > >Your
> > > > mileage may vary, etc.
> > >
> > >100K?!
> > >
> > >In your dreams. Standard royalty rate for O'Reilly is 10%, which is
> > >public knowledge as they publish it on their web site.
> > >
> > >If you sell 10,000 copies of a 29.95 book ( assuming they all sell
> > >for the list price, which isn't likely ) and no returns, you will
> > >gross $30K from the book.
> > >
> > >10,000 copies is probably optimistic. And if there are co-authors,
> > >you will split the proceeds.
> > >
> > >Writing a technical book is in most cases a labor of love.
> > >
> > >There are exceptions, like 'SQL for Smarties' by Joe Celko, but
> > >not many tech books sell that well.
> > >
> > >Jared
> > >--
> > >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> > >--
> > >Author: Jared Still
> > > INET: jkstill_at_cybcon.com
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>--
>Jim Hawkins
>Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator
>MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
>600 Pearl Drive
>St. Louis, MO 633376
>9636) 474-7832
>jhawkins_at_memc.com (work)
>jhawkins_at_primary.net (home)
>
>--
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>Author: Jim Hawkins
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Fri Jun 08 2001 - 14:56:12 CDT
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