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GSG NaNo Gaiden #23

Cross-posted at Geek Survival Guide.

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You’ve got a first draft coming together. And that’s great! But please, please don’t think that it’s a finished book. You’ve made batter. But is it a waffle? A pancake? A Chocolate Cake? Tempura? Maybe it’s bread dough, and it needs to be kneaded, allowed to rise, kneaded again, put in a greased bread pan, and left in an oven to come out and be slathered in soft butter and raspberry huckleberry jam just like mom makes. (Yeah, my mom makes homemade raspberry huckleberry jam. You may now be jealous.)

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A quick thought re: ebooks and pricing

Walking around today, I had a thought. When ever I hear people defend the prices on ebooks, one of the things they say is that the publishers’ costs aren’t all that lower with the production of an e-book as opposed to printing an actual book – that maybe it’s a dollar or so per copy.

That could be correct, and still not justify current prices.

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