> it seems to me that most authors are consultant. How much does it help to > market yourself to have a book? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Freeman Robert - IL" <FREEMANR@xxxxxxxx> > To: "'Melanie Caffrey '" <melanie_caffrey@xxxxxxxxx>; > <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:23 PM > Subject: RE: New books and new authors - and experience? > Of course this helps. Actually, this is one of the reasons that I do not write books so far, but articles in magazines. Some advantages are: - Short 'Time to Market'. An article gets published within weeks, not months, quarters or years. Writing about _facts_ is much easier this way - Constant flow of visibility: Writing a book requires to 'bury' yourself for a significant amount of time. The visibililty will last probably much shorter. - Keeping a social life. Of course deadlines are still in place, but pretty much manageable. I'm writing articles (and columns) for two (Dutch) magazines for 7 years now, and feel pretty comfortable with it. I've some ideas for some books, but still don't know whether I should do it. Regards, Carel-Jan === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------