cmhardw
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Wow Chuck I had no idea you were publishing a book! Congratulations! Brian, I guess that is your answer that you should stick to your goal.
Chris
Chris
Wow Chuck I had no idea you were publishing a book! Congratulations!
Brian, I guess that is your answer that you should stick to your goal.Chris
I fail to see what a book would offer that a website would not.
Crude generalization. A lot of us love to read (myself included).First problem: Americans don't like to read.
Wow Chuck I had no idea you were publishing a book! Congratulations!
Thanks
May I send a copy to your speedcubing.com mail address?
I want to say thanks for the signature you gave to my cube at WC.
Brian, I guess that is your answer that you should stick to your goal.Chris
Exactly.
Many people are too afraid to even start to write a book (any book) because they are not ready for bad critics, or are afraid that they can't meet the reader's expectation. They could have great potential, but it will just be buried.
Just do your best, Byu.
And give me your email address.
I think this is just a bad idea. I mean, chuck is catering to an ill-informed audience that will buy the book as it would be easiest for them, but a book by byu will be for Americans. First problem: Americans don't like to read. Second problem, internet access is a basic necessity in most western countries; everyone has it. Therefore this book will appeal to a very small number of people. I don't think many cubers would be interested, and non-cubers will just think "isn't that pretty" and walk on.
byu: I think you need to be a little less ambitious, and direct your time and productivity towards something considerably more useful.
Crude generalization. A lot of us love to read (myself included).First problem: Americans don't like to read.
(500th post!)
rigorous proof of why u shouldn't do this:
audience = 50 people
publishing cost = 1000 dollar
selling price = 10 dollar
50 x 10 = 500 dollar
profit = revenue - cost = 500 - 1000 = -500 = failz0rs
that concludes the proof
Actually, you might consider using www.lulu.com. It might mean a higher price for the book, and it might mean you don't get much profit, but it means you won't have any up-front money to do the publishing. It's essentially publishing for free - just the cost of making each book as they come along. Even if you only sell 5 books, they look nice and no one loses any money.
(that concludes the refutation of the proof)
"no publishing fees up front" = no publishing fees ever?
In response to the two of you, I am actually going to use CreateSpace:
http://createspace.com
No publishing fees up front, it will bind the books and sell them for me. All I have to worry about is writing the book and setting the price.