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The thing is the cost of living in X should have nothing to do with the demanded funds to complete the project. It should be only based on the value delivered
by dudul 11y ago
The thing is the cost of living in X should have nothing to do with the demanded funds to complete the project. It should be only based on the value delivered by the project. Maybe people will think that $20,000 for a Haskell Web Dev book is justified, personally I don't.
Even professional authors working with legitimate publishers rarely make $20,000 from a book. I do hope she can write this book cause I would really like to read it, but I also think she's a bit delusional regarding what authors in tech niches actually make for a book.
- raphaelss 11y agoThe thing is that what professional authors working with legitimate publishers make from a book has nothing to do with the demanded funds to complete the project. It should be only based on the value delivered by the project.
- dudul 11y agoNot really sure what this comment is trying to demonstrate. Using what actual published authors make on book deals is a good way to estimate what the value of such an initiative should be. Maybe a lot of people will be interested in the project and fund it, then great. But publishers investigate the market thoroughly before signing a deal with an author, and they offer advances and royalties based on what they think the book will make. When an author received a $7,500 royalties advance on a book it's because the publisher thinks this is a good indicator of what the book will generate in royalties.