Re: Re[2]: Serious Question (believe it or not)...

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

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