>
> Rachael
>
> > consultant for that number of hours.... Not profitable to write one.
>
> The very fact that you often repeat this in response to mails that refer to
> your books, makes us think otherwise $$$
>
I have not written any Oracle books but I have had enough experience
with publishers that I really have to step in here. My husband
happened to be one of three authors on a monograph that had enough
popularity to stick around for quite awhile now. Want to guess his
share of the yearly royalties (split equally between the three of
them)? Approximately $100. Okay over twenty years that's a couple
thousand. He repeatly said that the only reason to write a book was
because you got mad at what was available; it certainly wasn't for the
money. The monograph was not something that would need to be updated
all the time the way an Oracle book would be.
The need for new editions opens up the book to driving your life. I
did some work on supplemental work for my husband's textbooks and
trying that with a full time job is something I would not wish on my
worst enemy. Impossible deadlines still need to be met by you but
don't count on getting things back when promised - your time to make
the changes is just squeezed.
If Rachael is one of the really limited number of people who make what
might be considered a reasonable return on her time, I say more power
to her. However, it is more likely that she has to repeat because
people don't believe her.
Pat
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