[QUOTE=ptyork;710042]I feel sorry for the tech book WRITERS who don't receive the kind of revenue they once did for such books.
That would be me.
My last book never even earned through its royalties. I was happy for the opportunity to write it - it was my first and only Microsoft Press book - but I killed myself writing it and was hoping for SOME royalties...
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Originally Posted by ptyork
I have a hard time feeling sorry for the publishers. They are the same ones charging $150 for a 500 page textbook that I use in one of my classes.
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That reminds of this post:
Seth's Blog: Textbook rant
Textbook prices are INSANE. Equally insane are the teachers who require students to buy textbooks then only use them here and there. I've been both a college student and a college teacher, so I've seen both sides of the equation.
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Originally Posted by ptyork
All paper publishers (book, magazine and newspaper) are in peril unless they can come up with more up-to-date and financially reasonable means of distributing their intellectual property.
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Indeed - the times, they're-a-changin'.
