If the money went to the authors I would not have a problem with it.  I 
doubt they see 5%.

On Dec 20, 2004, at 3:09 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:

>
>
>> On Dec 20, 2004, at 11:05 AM, Mark Guzdial wrote:
>>> "Wealth"?  Have you written a book, PhiHo?  There ain't much profit 
>>> in
>>> most book writing endeavors.  You do it because you want to, and you
>>> sink the time in because you think it's worth it. The royalty checks
>>> are nice, but the profit margins are pretty thin.  I'm quite sure 
>>> that
>>> Prentice-Hall hasn't broken even on the nublue book.  I'm grateful
>>> that Alan Apt (our publisher) was willing to take a gamble and 
>>> publish
>>> these books.
>
> And I'm grateful that you (and your contributors) wrote them. I bought 
> a
> copy of each.
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 11:25:43AM -0800, Michael Latta wrote:
>> I agree with many of your sentiments.  Squeak is very hard to approach
>> as a new user, even with tons of Smalltalk background.  Publishing is 
>> a
>> hard business, and authors only make money on the mass market.  But,
>> part of the issue with the Squeak books is price.  At $100 for both
>> books, you are not going to get new users to buy them.  Only the
>> committed Squeaker will buy them.  Yes, there are Java and OpenGL 
>> books
>> selling in that price range, but for a niche market they are
>> overpriced.
>
> What, lower the price and make it up on volume? Don't be rediculous. If
> you can afford to do so, just buy a book and feel good that the money 
> is
> going to a good cause.
>
> Dave
>
>