You, too, can be an Author! (was Re: [rescue] Cheap 4/6xx RAM)

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> Yep.  My name isnt even listed on the chapter I wrote for the Sol8 
> book; just in the list of authors.

Syngress claims you get your name on the cover if you contribute 3 or more
chapters.  I contributed 3 chapters to their Hackproofing Solaris(still in
pre-press), so we'll see if they meant it.  Did they take a bio from you
Bill?  They asked me for one....course I couldn't rant about my cool
turtle. :(

> contractor, basically, and I dont get any further royalties.  I'm unlikely
> to do this again unless someone asks nicely, and then only for the "cool
> I'm published" factor and not as a way to make money.  I can make $350 in
> six hours or so doing consulting work locally, and I spent way more than six
> hours on the chapter.

I was thinking the same thing relative to my reimbursement, but I found
that if doing multiple chapters, the others, after the first, flowed
quickly.  So if you put more work into it, the ratio of work/returns may
swing into your favor.  It did for me, but I admit this was an entirely
different project, etc.

> 
> Hrm.  SunHELP Press... 8-)
> 
> People on the list could write stuff, we could "publish" it in PDF...

That would be slick, actually.  Like tfiles in the old WWIV and Renegade
days...heh....*sigh*