Publication, was Re:apology for the unwashed

>Now, depending upon where BDS is right now, Jon would have to
hand over his
>notes/ideas etc to another author to put them together and
possibly put
>their own interpretation upon it.

(much snippage)

I see five options:
a) Jon does all the work, keeps all the money
b) Mr.. Lister does all the work, Jon keeps all the money,
Lister gets his name on the cover
c) as b but Jon pays a one time flat fee
d) as b but Jon pays a percentage of the profit
e) combination of c and d

On the one hand, the more titles you have out, the more income
potential there is (ie Jon's chances are better to sell 1 each
FT, MT, FB, FB2,  than 4 FT books).  On the other hand, you
can't put out titles too quickly or you'll overload your
audience.  The gripping hand is, if new titles come out in
several interest areas ( say a FT book, then a book for the
groundpounders, the Full Metal Codpiece, then Fleet Thrust, then
another SG2 book, then Full Metal Chainmail Bikini, then Full
Metal Hero: the RPG, and so forth)....