Well I think if we all pitch in a bit, and put out one heck of a book and convince Steven Spielberg to take it to the screen, yes we would be rolling in Do$$$$. Oracle from the ground up ! a thriller, starring in order of appearance: "The Goddess" ---- Rachel Carmichael "The Tuner" --- Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha "Remote" --- Ari Kaplan "Store Keeper" -- Ian Abramson .......... and others, just imagine the movie it would be wicked! oops! Sorry I Just lost it Rachel Carmichael wrote: > let's see, I think Dad paid something on the order of $10K to publish his > book (about 100 copies). Of course, it was a hard-cover edition. > > and editors don't come cheap. > > Alex -- how much money do you really think an author makes on a book??? > > I'd figure that the average book (and technical books have to be updated > about every 18 months) takes about 500 hours to write (this is a number > Kevin Loney has come up with and I'm willing to believe him, given his > experience) > > So... as a consultant let's say I work cheap (in NY anyway) for $100/hr > > 500 hours over a 40 hour week = 12.5 weeks or about 3 months > > so.... 500*100 = $50,000 for 3 months, or $200,000 over a year > > THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU MAKE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS AN AUTHOR!!! > > Damn it, best-selling authors don't make that kind of money. > > Geez, wake up and smell the coffee, technical writing is NOT done to get > rich. > > >From: "Hillman, Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)... > >Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:11:00 -0800 > > > >I am sure that any of working DBA's have this money to put up front. I > >don't > >think that risk to invest in the book is more than in the stock market. > >Also > >what is the problem to hire editor (especially not technical). Should not > >be > >too expencive. Of cource it is more work, but one can get much more money. > > > >Alex Hillman > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:26 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >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]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)... > > >Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:45:49 -0800 > > > > > >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 > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:31 AM > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > >First would be to prepare and send a synopsis to the > > >'big name' oracle publishers - O'Reilly, Wrox and the > > >like.. > > > > > >hth > > >connor > > > > > >--- Jim Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > > > > > > > I am very interested in collaborating with others in > > > > the writing of an > > > > Oracle technical book (DBA subject matter). I am > > > > interested in how those of > > > > you who have done this (ala Rachel), got started or > > > > made the right > > > > connections. I do have a somewhat literary > > > > background, so I know I can do > > > > this. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > Jim Hawkins > > > > Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator > > > > MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. > > > > 600 Pearl Drive > > > > St. Louis, MO 633376 > > > > 9636) 474-7832 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > > > http://www.orafaq.com > > > > -- > > > > Author: Jim Hawkins > > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > > > > (858) 538-5051 > > > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > > > > access / Mailing Lists > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > > > > E-Mail message > > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > > > > 'ListGuru') and in > > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > > > > ORACLE-L > > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > > > > from). 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