> > I'm disappointed to hear that the tech-book market still > offers so little buck for all the bang you have to put into > it. At one time I'd thought about writing a book on Cocoon,
You can count on it taking 1 year to write a book in your spare time (i.e. you still work full-time). This means if you write one with 2 people that's roughly six months time wise. I've written (or co-written) 3 to date and the total time always works out around that. I started writing in 1993 and I still need to work :). > Don't neglect print magazines -- many of them are looking for > decent content. I've done about all I can in Software That's the same here in Germany. There are plenty of print magazines on the lookout for Cocoon (or XML) related subjects. And, financially, you can't beat writing print articles when it comes to time vs. pay. A 3-4 page article (in print) will pay around 400-600 Euros. > If you're not an established writer, proposing a series of > articles probably won't fly. But you can pitch a single -- > get enough of those rattling around and Cocoon's mindshare Here, there is growing interest in "case studies", i.e. what problems can you really solve with Cocoon, what types of applications can you build. The "traditional" techie articles on XML and XSLT etc. have all been done. Matthew --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
