Christine said
On writing books and making money -- if anyone want to think that writing and self-publishing a book is an exercise done for profit, please try it. People like me are evangelists without a cause (or at least a cause that I will ever let you guys know anything about). We want to share good stuff -- making enough money to pay for review copies would be great!
Christine is quite right. I'm sure that somewhere there are people who make a profit out of self-published books, but I don't know of any. I'm sure I won't make enough out of mine to pay for the freebies I've had to give away.
Don't think that self-publishing a book is a path to riches. But if anyone out there wants to try it, I'll happily give you some help to get you started. Just don't come whining to me about having a stock of books you can't sell. I don't give advice on marketing or salesmanship.
Allan
