Emily et al,
I was not really worried about recovering 30 dollars. No biggie. At the
beginning I failed to talk about "money". I am perfectly happy to not assign any
royalties. You are correct in assuming I can set the price of the book at any
level beyond the basic printing cost which is about $18 as I mentioned.
If some kind of royaly would be included, even like 10 cents, Lulu keeps track
of that and sends the "author" a check every so often. If these would have to be
kept track of so as to redistribute to every contributor that would obviously be
too much of a hassle. My school might benefit if they are directed its way but I
think also that the amounts would be very small and maybe not worth the hassle
of the paperwork associated with depositing a few dollars every 3 months.
So, I am am for no royalties and let the chips fall where they may. This would
ensure that the PDFs of the book are free and that nobody has to deal with money.
cheerio,
andy
Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
Well, the ISBN # is about 85 cents each, are you figuring on getting
that back from royalties? If you do that the bookkeeping will be
simpler for a while.
Do they let you set the book price? If so, what do you think it will be
to cover the royalties, too.
I think the ISBN number is a good idea. Who knows about the fate of
books. They make it into the most amazing places because someome
tripped over one somewhere.
But I'm not so sure about managing the royalties. What were you
thinking of doing with the royalty money, and will RIT have some
interest in it, us having used their IT services and student gophers for
so long.
