RE: "I Didn't Know You Could Do That?"

It's a small market.

When I took C at a local junior college one of the students suggested
that the instructor write a book.  The instructor, who was pretty good
and could have written a good C book, said "I can make lots more money
doing contract programming than writing a book."  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:33 AM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Susan Gantner
> Subject: RE: "I Didn't Know You Could Do That?"
>
>  >> Why doesn't one (or more) of the great RPG authors (Jon,
> Susan, Cozzi,
> etc.) go ahead and write Version 2 of the Sorcerer's Guide
> and then just sell it for profit?
>
> Writing in general only seems profitable if you don't
> calculate your hourly rate <grin>
>
> We have (and are) considering this, but Bob, Susan and I are
> all pretty busy right now.  If enough people think it is a
> good idea we may try to make the time though.
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>
> www.Partner400.com
> www.RPGWorld.com
>
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