RE: OT - Wrap-up of 'Serious Question (believe it or not)...'

That's perfect! Bartender...another Guiness for Lee, please.

> No doubt 8192 Century Blox
>
> Lee
>
>
> >Virtual Guiness Stout to all on the list, compliments of my new film
> >company.
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> Jim
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> > 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
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