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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Re[2]: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
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
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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:
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
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Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 1:26 PM
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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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