Nancy McGough <nancym@ii.com> wrote:
>My business is writing but so far I've given pretty much everything
>I've written to the Net. I'm happy to do that but I would like to
>start earning some money writing, and working on a book about News is
>something I think I would really love. My background includes
>designing MS Windows news software and writing and teaching about the
>Internet (and of course news!). [...] What do people think about
>having some one or group of people coordinate the project and get
>paid? Also, individual authors could choose to get paid or contribute
>their earnings to rtfm.
I like the idea, and would be willing to help; I edit the trn
newsreader FAQ, as well as some FAQs about furry-themed MUCKs. Tonight
I explained at some length to a fellow on an AOL account all about
shell and SLIP accounts and why they were better. It seems I write and
teach a lot in private e-mail, or on the newsgroups I visit, but it
would be worthwhile to reach a wider audience, help pay for the
PowerMac I'm planning to buy, and help out rtfm (or Ohio State's
htmlified-FAQ site) as well.
>From a marketing point of view, a book by a committe of FAQ maintainers
would be about as authoritative as you could get. To some extent the
book "Internet Secrets" takes this approach ... but compensation for
its contributors was a copy of the book. (Well, it is about $40,
retail; meaning it probably cost $5 per copy to manufacture and $3 to
ship to each author.)
-- "Life is like a box of chocolates. Unless you're careful, your fingers get all gooey." -- "Forrest Gump", first draft pjkappes@mailbox.syr.edu (Peter Kappesser) http://web.syr.edu/~pjkappes/
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