Book Royalties (was: win32all-141 for Python 2.2)

[Mats Wichmann]

On 3 Jan 2002 21:46:42 -0800, aahz at panix.com (Aahz Maruch) wrote:

:In article <a12cqf$bai1 at news1.gtech.com>,
:Peter Milliken <peter.milliken at gtech.com> wrote:
:>
:>Interesting - but where is the incentive for the author i.e. $2 per book
:>isn't going to make you a millionaire anytime soon (500,000 books? :-)).
:
:The incentive for most authors lies in charging $1000-$5000/day for
:running training classes (being the author of a well-known book increases
:either or both of the pay scale and opportunities for training) or in the
:egoboo (ego-boosting) of being a published author.  That's about it.


It's more than just training.  At least for consultants (and training
can be considered "consulting" in this space), consider writing a book
as a marketing expense.

Mats Wichmann