[Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

[Kevin Walsh]

Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy [dwelch at phoneboy.com] wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:44, Sathya wrote:
> > > $50 is a bit steep for a book
> > 
> > Usually author of a book makes 10 to 15 percent of the cover price. So
> > whoever who wrote this book will get 5 bucks a book.
> 
> In my experience, the royalty is 10 to 15% of the *wholesale* price,
> which means it's more like two to three bucks a book. Trust me, unless
> you're Stephen King, John Grisham, or someone like that, you don't make
> all that much writing books (at least directly).
> 
All the more reason for the author to consider OpenDoc publishing.

Authors of technical books tend to make more money out of consulting
anyway, as they're seen as an expert in their field.

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