anyone who COUNTS on a royalty check to pay basic bills is living in a
dream world. It's like the ads I hear for the Sunday NY Times Job
Market section -- this guy starts looking at penthouse apartments,
because he's read the Job Market section and KNOWS he'll have a
high-paying job in a matter of days.
No matter how many books you have written, you should never believe
that that money will always be there and consistent. Royalties vary
from quarter to quarter.
Heck, I don't even count on a pension (which I do have from a former
company) or Social Security when I plan on retirement funds.
- Jonathan Gennick <listmail_at_gennick.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:23:18 -0800, Patrice Boivin wrote:
>
> >WOW, is the certification market that bad?
> >
> >Their books were useful, I wonder what happened.
>
> Computer book sales have been sharply off since at least
> spring 2001. The situation greatly worsened in the fall.
> September was not kind, as both people and bookstores cut
> back on unneccessary purchases due to uncertainty over the
> economy. Coriolis isn't the only publisher to suffer, and
> it's unfortunate they weren't able to weather the storm.
>
> Lots of computer book writers have been hit hard by
> Coriolis' demise. Imagine losing a big chunk of your income
> overnight. My understanding is that Coriolis authors were
> expecting royalty checks right about now. Authors who were
> depending on those checks to pay bills are having a tough
> time of things. It's just altogether a very bad situation.
>
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