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R,
Those are reasons I mentioned self-publishing. There are some people 
that will be happy to buy somethig in print rather than going a pay 
web site (or even a free one) for the same information. Putting 
something in "book" form, even if that means a spiralbound thing you 

do at Office Max or Staples, does two basic things - it organizes 
your own thoughts about things (if you are any kind of a writer at 
all) and it gives you a tangible, physical product to sell at a 
profit and promote other ideas or products you have.All you need is a 
simple book, a credit card or paypal setup and you're good to go.
Ray

--- In , Reinhard Engels 
<beautiful_idiot@y...> wrote:
> 
> 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 <rpsp1066@y...> 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