RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)...

Rodd,

Gotcha, but I left one little detail out.

I was thinking of calling the book "The Oracle Swimsuit Edition".

heh heh heh

I'll be in reprints until the cows come home!

Ross "Hannibal" Mohan

|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: Rodd Holman [mailto:rodney.holman_at_lodgenet.com]
|| Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:59 PM
|| To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| Subject: Re: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
||
||
|| The math isn't bad, but that is assuming that you actually
|| get those 10,000 copies sold. You could be left sitting
|| with 9,750 copies in your garage (assuming you have 250
|| friends and relatives to give the others to).
|| It's a risk like any other investment.
||
|| "Mohan, Ross" wrote:
||
|| > I'd like to see the spreadsheet on this.....33% return
|| > on 10,000 copies of a 36$ book is....<going into human
|| > calculator mode>...around an eighth of a MILLION dollars.
|| >
|| > Now, I wonder how much it costs you to publish each copy?
|| >
|| > Too bad Rachel's Dad isn't on this list! <G>
|| >
|| > || -----Original Message-----
|| > || From: Hillman, Alex [mailto:Alex.Hillman_at_usmint.treas.gov]
|| > || Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:11 PM
|| > || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| > || Subject: RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
|| > ||
|| > ||
|| > || 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
|| > || >
|| > || >
|| > || >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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|| > || > >
|| > || > > Jim Hawkins
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