Saw a comment surprised that someone with 5 years industry experience could get a tech book publishing deal. You should not be surprised.
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Yet the payout is ~2 weeks of rack rate.
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Less. (My understanding is typical advances are ballpark $6k, $15~25k if the space is on fire. HN to the rescue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12119255 … )
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I've heard rumours that
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Wait there is a book titled "git commit murder" ? Sorry, have to switch from my work laptop to buy that.
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Is your point that you should write a book then get a high paying job?
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No, it's more like "the traditional publishing deal is not really a great one; do not look with envy on people who have gotten it."
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An author makes less on a sale than Amazon pays to an affiliate for a referral sale. Pays more to link than write in traditional publishing.
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Wow
@invalidname didn’t realize you’ve been banking writing all your books! :) I’m sure Core Audio tipped $500k right?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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