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0 pointsjll294mo ago0 comments

Thanks for sharing some of the methodology and code for how you put your book together.

Are you comfortable speaking about the financial side? What does an editor get per copy sold, what does an author get? (In the science world, for instance, editors tend to get money often, but authors never get paid for articles or book chapters.)

Hopefully, now that you have experience in the process and all your code ready, you can repeat the exercise with higher efficiency and profitability.

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mojoe4mo ago

Happy to talk about it, the TL;DR is that this is a hobby where I as the editor don't expect to make back the money I spent creating the book, but the authors get paid a fixed amount up-front. Here's a more detailed answer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45785154#45879003

The only addendum to that answer is that after being featured on HN last week I'm now over halfway toward break-even.

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0 pointsjll294mo ago0 comments

Thanks for sharing some of the methodology and code for how you put your book together.

Hopefully, now that you have experience in the process and all your code ready, you can repeat the exercise with higher efficiency and profitability.

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mojoe4mo ago

The only addendum to that answer is that after being featured on HN last week I'm now over halfway toward break-even.

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