On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, chris wrote:
>>> An advance from the publisher or royalties. > >> It could take a year or longer to write a good book. Royalties or an >> advance might pay 2-4 months of expenses, maximum. Technical authors >> do not write for the money. :) I can definitely second that plus add that the content is owned by the publisher, not the writer. > Ok, but the question remains, how do you pay people? Unless we find the goose that lays the goldenegg, the framework has to include incentives which are both monetary and non-monetary. Some non-monetary incentives include: - the opportunity to contribute to a project - the opportunity to showcase your work and your (or your company's) name to a broader audience - swag from sponsors e.g. free books, free subscriptions to something, free apparel or geek toys - access to resources e.g. a BSD version of http://www.egovos.org/search/?SearchString=reference+book - exam discounts, so many free copies of the book Speaking of goldeneggs, have you guys come across this before: http://www.goldeggstack.org/about/faq/ Now that is a nice framework... Dru _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
