>>If people can get paid fairly for creating educational materials, we will get more and better educational materials. >>The economics of book-writing are chal

>>If people can get paid fairly for creating educational materials, we will get more and better educational materials. >>The economics of book-writing are challenging, and I reiterate that the success of my book is atypical. However, I also find it heartening that it is possible to make a decent living from technical writing. Not guaranteed, but possible, and that gives me hope. The author points it out later in the article, but this principle also applies very well to writing software (especially open source software).