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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:45:49 -0800
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>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
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>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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