Brutzman, Bill wrote: > Consider trading fortune for fame. A niche author can start with a > ($10) pdf download for cult readers having a duplex printer and a > 3-ring binder.
PDF is insecure as far as protecting the interests of the writer. Because there are no generally accepted and secure EBook standards, the only way to (mostly) guarantee that one gets paid for a book is to put it in hardcopy. The reality of the fortune and fame gamble is more that someone will spend months of their time to translate insight into text with the hope of earning a lot of $10 bills, there will be one sale, and for the next ten years there will be hundreds of cult readers benefiting from the "generous free contribution to the community". Just ask Jon Sisk. Fame is a carrot that people dangle to avoid sponsoring someone else's fortune. The MV market has a number of people who are pseudo-famous within the tiny niche - I'm sure some of these people would prefer to trade some of that for some pseudo-fortune. T ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
