Re: OT: This is sad but interesting: correction.

I took it to mean that he would lose his contract and wouldn't be
published. 
  Hmm.... I'll have to re-read the letter when I get a chance.

Brian B2

>From: "Bob DeAngelis" <bobdea@terra.es>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: Re: OT: This is sad but interesting: correction.
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:03:26 +0100
>
>sorry brian
>The 2 dollars per book is a typo. I actually calculated on 2 dollars
per 3
>books.
>
>  His claim is he won't have time to write because he will have to get
a 
>job.
>I guess he won't be the first writer to work as well as write.  and if
he
>has been careful he does at least have his previous income to fall back
on.
>Perhaps he could work part time!
>Bob DeAngelis
>Hobby pages
>www.angelfire.com/games4/chubbybob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com>
>To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:02 PM
>Subject: Re: OT: This is sad but interesting:
>
>
> > Bob DeAngelis Wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Hmm he says he earns 2 dollars if we buy all three books so thats 2
>dollars
> > >for every book he sells.
> >
> > No, that's $2.00 per trio of books, as I read it, and specifically
for
> > Talion: Revenant, The Dark Glory War, and Fortress Draconis.  I
don't 
>know
> > how good those specific books are or how many he sells.
> >
> > Now on amazon I counted 20 plus starwars books that
> > >he says sell between 250,000 and 500,000 copies let us assume a low

>sales
> > >of
> > >an average of 300,000 per book or 200,000 dollars income for each
novel
> > >with
> > >20 novels thats $4,000,000 dollars isn't it just on his starwars 
>novels.
> > >Dire straits. Dire straits indeed!!
> >
> > Assuming he makes as much per book for the SW and BT.  That is in
now 
>way
>a
> > given.  If the figure is down in the pennies per book, which is 
>possible,
> > the annual income is significantly less.
> >
> > >
> > >Bob DeAngelis
> > >PS perhaps I am using the wrong figures ???
> >
> > Possible.
> >
> > However, regardless of how dire his straits may be, it would be sad
to 
>see
> > him cease to publish novels if he can't get a contract.
> >
> > Brian B2
> >
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