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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 673504" data-attributes="member: 2013">I think you shortchange yourself there, Jason.How much did your copy of Quark Xpress cost you?How about your copy of Acrobat?How about the &quot;cost&quot; of paying your writer - you (say, at $0.03 per word) ?&nbsp; I am sure there are other ways you could have spent your time to bring in money - even if it is something so simple as working at a fast-food joint.How about the &quot;cost&quot; of paying your editor? (you)And so on.You may have seen a zero *cash* outlay because you didn't have to write a check to someone else, but your work DOES have some intrinsic monetary value - if only in the value that you could have earned had you done something else.You may still consider that outlay negligible compared to that of a print product, but remember that the &quot;talent&quot; cost (writing, art, editing) for a book is about the same as the &quot;print&quot; costs.&nbsp; That you provided Ambient's talent in-house rather than writing a check in no way diminishes that cost.--The Sigil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 673504, member: 2013"] I think you shortchange yourself there, Jason. How much did your copy of Quark Xpress cost you? How about your copy of Acrobat? How about the "cost" of paying your writer - you (say, at $0.03 per word) ? I am sure there are other ways you could have spent your time to bring in money - even if it is something so simple as working at a fast-food joint. How about the "cost" of paying your editor? (you) And so on. You may have seen a zero *cash* outlay because you didn't have to write a check to someone else, but your work DOES have some intrinsic monetary value - if only in the value that you could have earned had you done something else. You may still consider that outlay negligible compared to that of a print product, but remember that the "talent" cost (writing, art, editing) for a book is about the same as the "print" costs. That you provided Ambient's talent in-house rather than writing a check in no way diminishes that cost. --The Sigil [/QUOTE]

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