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Re:Why We Are Self-Publishing the Aviary Cookbook by joshvm on Sunday May 14, 2017 @04:52PM (#14337514)
Well, that and that their initial publishing offer (which is good? I have no experience) is more insulting the more you run through the numbers.

On the other hand I've read accounts of people who've published through O'Reilly and were very happy with having a team of people to crunch through the layout, typesetting, etc.

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Re:Why We Are Self-Publishing the Aviary Cookbook by tptacek on Sunday May 14, 2017 @05:12PM (#14337607)
It's insulting for Achatz and Kokanas, but the dirty secret of these advance deals is that while they're certainly tilted towards publishers, book publishing is a losers-pay-for-the-winners business.

That doesn't make book writing for publishers a good deal for anyone, by the way. Executing on a book contract is one of the lower effort/reward things you can do.

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Re:Why We Are Self-Publishing the Aviary Cookbook by tacomonstrous on Sunday May 14, 2017 @09:55PM (#14338613)
You mean higher effort/reward? Otherwise, I'm confused.
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Re:Why We Are Self-Publishing the Aviary Cookbook by prawn on Sunday May 14, 2017 @11:03PM (#14338865)
Higher reward/effort?
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