Hi everyone,
First, full disclosure: I'm an Editor with O'Reilly.
I just wanted to contribute the note that when a publisher states its royalty
rate as a percentage, you need to ask: "of what?" Some publishers calculate
royalties as a percentage of profit rather than of net revenue, or their
Marty Alchin wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm an author working with Apress on my second title, Pro Python. It
> expands on the Python-level chapter I included in my first title, Pro
> Django, which received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Basically,
> I'm writing for people who are already familiar
On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:23 PM, wesley chun wrote:
this is a warning to all before jumping in without looking at the
waters first. i haven't worked with them before, but based on the
existing review of their Python books, i would be somewhat hesitant,
and i certainly wouldn't approach them withou
On Dec 17, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Marty Alchin wrote:
One of the main questions I find myself asking, though, is how much
should I repeat from other works? I don't want to rewrite the wheel,
but I'm having trouble drawing the line. For example, chapter 2 of Pro
Django covered my Python features, foc
Hello all,
I'm an author working with Apress on my second title, Pro Python. It
expands on the Python-level chapter I included in my first title, Pro
Django, which received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Basically,
I'm writing for people who are already familiar with Python, but
haven't looked
this is a warning to all before jumping in without looking at the
waters first. i haven't worked with them before, but based on the
existing review of their Python books, i would be somewhat hesitant,
and i certainly wouldn't approach them without an agent. (i'm also not
sure of their marketing and
