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by faet 7y ago
He went on a ride along with them. But, they basically went around the block and it was fairly smooth. He said the AC vent was more noticeable at highway speeds, but they didn't want to go on the highway as they had their "own rou
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by faet 7y ago
>Tesla’s should be better if anything due to the simpler drivetrain and lack of maintenance Eh, their reliability is much worse than other brands, even luxury brands. https://www.truedelta.com/car-reliability-by-brand?min
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by faet 7y ago
Generally, MSRP. It depends on the bookstore's agreement with the publisher. But, most are based on cover price. So, if a store sells the book for $5. The author still gets $3.50 This generally doesn't apply if the publisher reduc
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by faet 7y ago
Macmillan is probably withholding taxes for him. If he publishes directly on amazon, they would withhold 30% and send it to the IRS.
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by faet 7y ago
"Making decent money" doesn't mean crap it's about risk, expected value, and opportunity cost. If you've got a million dollars and put it into an index fund you'll make ~$100k/year. If you day trade and ma
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by faet 7y ago
It is very typical. Assuming Print on Demand w/ amazon. He's not doing that but we'll just assume to keep it easy. And list price of $24 Amazon takes $5 to print Amazon takes $9.60 royalty That leaves $9.40 or 40% available.
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by faet 7y ago
Yes. Most publishers want 25-40% of the book's cover price. ACX/Audible pays 40% for exclusive royalties. So your $30 audiobook will get you $12 in royalties. Amazon makes $3 from your subscription or $18 if someone buys it straig
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by faet 7y ago
I've got smart bulbs and they're great. We recently did a reno and wanted dimmable leds. The cost to properly rewire the existing circuitry to support low voltage dimming exceeded the cost of the smart bulbs. "Normal" le
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by faet 7y ago
>World of Warcraft and Diablo and Starcraft required a lot of thought and theory crafting to feel like I knew how to be elite at them Outside of PVP WoW doesn't require much thought for the majority of players. Rotations can be auto
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by faet 7y ago
Textile manufacturing is coming back to South Carolina, USA as it's cheaper to produce in SC than in China. Along with favorable trade agreements they're able to access/use South American markets for cheaper as well. There ar
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by faet 8y ago
Nah, I meant when I got that view with safari there wasn't anything I could do to actually read the text. I was stuck with that view for all the pages. With Chrome I can scroll around to read even with the off-view. Access to fetch at
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by faet 8y ago
Above is latest Chrome on osx. https://i.imgur.com/veYtCUV.png Iphone xs safari. Unable to scroll/pinch/etc. Closing tab fixes.
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by faet 8y ago
For me it is less about the format and more about the ecosystem. With no way to make a backup I'm reliant on them being always on and still around 10+ years later if and when I want to read it again. But, the format also leaves much to
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by faet 8y ago
"Real Output" is misleading as capital inputs/investing can greatly change it. Multifactor productivity vs Compensation is pretty equal. http://i.imgur.com/5mOQARo.png
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by faet 8y ago
Will this be opened up for all stripe customers or will it remain invite only? If so, is there a planned date?
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by faet 8y ago
Marqeta has a iirc ~$10k setup fee. I'm hoping that this is much more reasonable.
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by faet 8y ago
I've had a few novels ghostwritten so these are my feelings. Pros: It'll get done faster than you doing it. The last novel I had ghostwritten was probably 10k words/week. When I write I churn out 500-1k/day and I don&#x2
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by faet 9y ago
I think it depends on the reason for the startup and how close to success you got. I have friends who started a startup, got VC money, and ultimately shut it down after 2-3 years. They didn't have any issue getting another job as they
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by faet 9y ago
Usually it costs me around $1000 for a ghost written book. Book is around 35k words (3c/word). Editing is 1.5c/word or flat rate depending who I get to do it. Covers are usually $250 for ebook or double if I get physical. I use ve
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by faet 9y ago
100% Amazon. Kindle unlimited locks you in. But, worth it for what I publish. Physical/print on demand book margins are pretty bad. I have some physical books. But most are ebook. All of my bought/rereleased are ebook.
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by faet 9y ago
I don't have any formal documentation around. For ghostwriting I focus on a couple different niches. I work with a company to get the books written. I write for the audience rather than what interests me. If vampires are hot one month
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by faet 9y ago
~$5k/mo. I aim for quantity over quality. I pay to have books ghostwritten for a particular market/niche. I also acquire rights to other self published books and re-release them. Self publishing is all about the marketing.
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by faet 9y ago
Muni/Public broadband has already been limited in 20 states. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/isp-lobby-has-al...
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by faet 9y ago
> I get zero books from the Kindle store because of DRM This is an option up to the author. https://i.imgur.com/J8oBLl2.png
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by faet 9y ago
Compensation has kept pace with productivity. Source: http://i.imgur.com/5mOQARo.png
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by faet 9y ago
Real compensation has been growing. It's just now a larger portion of 'compensation' is benefits rather than just wages. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/COMPRNFB edit: in the 60s/70s wages were 8
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by faet 9y ago
Much of it depends on what I am looking to publish. I mostly focus on popular romance niches. For instance I publish a lot of LGBT erotica/romances. I write up about 1-2 paragraphs of what I want the story to be and pass it to the ghos
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by faet 9y ago
Much of it depends how public it is. For instance something like whisper needs to remove nudity/hate speech else they'll be kicked off iOS/playstore. But, you can still send it directly without issue.
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by faet 9y ago
I have a friend who took a 1099 job over a W2 job because "they offered more money". I tried to explain that because he is now paying a higher payroll tax he's earning less per hour than the other job. He doesn't get i
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by faet 9y ago
I pay people to ghostwrite books for me. I then list them on Amazon and market them. I started 2 years ago and have been putting out about 1 book/mo. Last month I made ~$4.5k

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