Paltry sum for book publishers, maybe. It's too easy to self publish these days. Several HN posters have written there own books in a relatively short period o

Paltry sum for book publishers, maybe. It's too easy to self publish these days. Several HN posters have written there own books in a relatively short period of time and made >25-50k, which is probably better than their hourly rate. If somebody like Dave Cheney or Gustavo Niemeyer wrote and self published a go ebook, I'd certainly buy it.