Re: License questions
From: Tom St Denis (tomstdenis_at_iahu.ca)
Date: 08/05/03
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Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 16:53:16 GMT
Joe Peschel wrote:
> Tom St Denis <tomstdenis@iahu.ca> wrote in
> news:P3OXa.87443$hOa.20321@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com:
>
>
>>Joe Peschel wrote:
>>
>>>I think that's a good idea, and an especially good idea if you hope
>>>someday to make money from writing a big number math book. If that's
>>>your goal, I'd say publication of that book is a few years down the
>>>road, and after you earn an advanced degree. I doubt that an editor
>>>would touch the book unless you can show him a Master's at least.
>>
>>Um editors are already touching the book and I'm not even in
>>university [highest diploma I have is high school!].
>
>
> Really? Which house?
I'll refrain from mentioning since Greg is handling the business side of
this. Suffice it to say if they do buy it will really rock.
>>Note that I plan on offering free PDF copies of the book even if it
>>does get published.
>
>
> I don't think that's a good idea at all, and your publisher probably won't,
> either, at least not right away. HAC is an obvious exception, but even so,
> that book wasn't made available as a free download immediately after
> publication.
I don't plan on selling the book for a lot of money. As a result I'll
be demanding that a PDF copy be made available on the web. Also as a
first time author [and relative newbie to the field] it will make a
better impression if people can read part of the book that interest them
before they buy it.
>>So professors/students alike can download the
>>book, the library and learn bignum math. Or they can [eventually] buy
>>[hopefully] a printed copy which is a heck of a lot easier to read
>>than a computer screen...
>
>
> Yes, it's easier to read, but using my computer screen, I noticed the ms
> still needs quite a bit of editing.
I never said it was finished. I just said that when the book is
eventually finished people may have an opertunity to buy the book
instead of reading it off a screen.
Also the copy on the site is a bit old. I've been hacking ch1/2/3
recently and they read much better now.
>>>>Although ideally I'd like to score a job somewhere working on the
>>>>projects I doubt that would ever happen.
>>>Don't work for someone else. Work for yourself!
>>
>>I'm not a good boss :-) Damn mgmt!
>>
>
>
> If you can write around 300 pages of a book in a few months, you have the
> discipline to work for yourself. :-)
Perhaps. It wasn't really that hard to draft. Aside from the
occasional sore back and research tasking the draft was easy to write.
It's editing the book so it's professional looking that will be the hard
part.
Besides if I work for someone else I'll stand a good chance of making
some money. :-)
Tom
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