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Hi Ray,

I'm flattered you think I've got something to work
with here, but I've come across two funny sites that
have reinforced my decision to not spend too much
energy bookifying the sites just yet:

From: "SoYouWanna Publish a Book?"

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/publishbook/publishbookFULL.html

"The first rule of getting a book published is to
avoid writing a book. Whoa, what the hell are we
talking about? Yes, it's very counterintuitive, but
the main goal of anyone who wants to publish a book is
to land a literary agent."

Not that I've done anything to land a literary agent,
but I might as well not *completely* spurn this
convincing advice.

From: "Why I'm not a Writer"

http://www.photo.net/samantha/FAQ/wilcox.html

"My advice to young writers is to ignore dead trees
publishers of all kinds. You don't need a publisher to
reach your audience. A Web server and worth-of-mouth
is all that you need to reach an audience of 50
million. The time and effort that you put into
schmoozing agents, editors, and publishers could be
better spent practicing your craft. Write, write,
write. Publish, publish, publish. If your work is
good, it will find an audience."

Reinhard
--- Ray Paige <> wrote:

> 
> Well, there may be a happy medium. Organizing your
> info, getting real life cases together, expanding it
> to "book" size, copywriting it and doing one of
> those
> self-publishing deals might give you something to
> use
> later on should you ever decide to go big with nos.
> Ray