Hi Stef, 2018-02-02 16:16 GMT-03:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Hernán Morales Durand > <hernan.mora...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> One can make money by writing a Pharo-related book? > > Since most of the books I wrote are free I did not earn much. > Most of the time if ESUG would not sponsor I would earn 200 Euros max. >
Ok, please note that 200 euros is about half of the minimum salary at least here: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=200&From=EUR&To=ARS https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Salario_m%C3%ADnimo_en_Argentina And the min salary is an absolute crap. Yes, that's how bad it is. > > Now the association could sponsor book too. > We could also create a bounty for booklets. > I would love to read books or booklets written by others and I'm ready > to pay for it. > I would like to read a book on IA, Bloc, And many topics in fact. > >> It takes a significant amount of effort to write a book, you know >> better of course. >> >> Is there a plan for monetization so people maybe gets more motivated >> to write Pharo material? > > I'm planning to make my last book on lulu (it is there but I'm waiting > for the first printout) > and to offer a good reduction to the association members. > > Stef Thank you for the reply. Let me know if you'd like to add a bioinformatics or geographic information retrieval chapter. I wrote the chapters in Markdown for pandoc but I can convert them to Pillar once it's ready for Windows. Cheers, Hernán >> >> Cheers, >> >> Hernán >> >
