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Well, that and that their initial publishing offer (which is good? I have no experience) is more insulting the more you run through the numbers. On the other h
by joshvm 9y ago
Well, that and that their initial publishing offer (which is good? I have no experience) is more insulting the more you run through the numbers.
On the other hand I've read accounts of people who've published through O'Reilly and were very happy with having a team of people to crunch through the layout, typesetting, etc.
- tptacek 9y agoIt's insulting for Achatz and Kokanas, but the dirty secret of these advance deals is that while they're certainly tilted towards publishers, book publishing is a losers-pay-for-the-winners business. That doesn't make book writing for publishers a good deal for anyone, by the way. Executing on a book contract is one of the lower effort/reward things you can do.
- tacomonstrous 9y agoYou mean higher effort/reward? Otherwise, I'm confused.
- prawn 9y agoHigher reward/effort?