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QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaOne might conclude that creativity is worth less than productivity.It really depends on what "worth" means-- if it means wealth creation, then that is definitely true. But if it means impact on society, its difficult to tell from sales volume. Do you think there is any value to placing books in University book stores? Will the discount be like the standard 40%?----------------------------------------------------Author site: www.bubble-value-at-risk.com

QuoteIt really depends on what "worth" means-- if it means wealth creation, then that is definitely trueJob generation and utilisation of skills, as well. QuoteDo you think there is any value to placing books in University book stores? Will the discount be like the standard 40%?As educator, we get discount from book stores; we now reciprocate by giving them the same discount. 40% is very generous without track record, maybe after a while..

Hi MJ,Have you considered this?LSI OZ?Seems the turnaround time for publisher order is faster. May even get a better deal from OZ soon?-----------------------------------------------------Author site: www.bubble-value-at-risk.com

I hadn't seen that, There is an espresso book machine at the uni near my office, however.

I see the 7City, the people who host the CQF are now giving away a Pad for their CFA course.Apparently it updates the course content whenever you connect to the web.It seems to me that for the sort of book written by people here, intreactive is the way to go; HTML 5 not PDF

Dominic,You are addressing the right opportunity for non-fiction books authors these days: Interactive content which is constantly updated. You don't buy the book just once and have to throw it away after one or two years because it is outdated. You buy a subscription valid for a particular period. The challenge for the authors: - Learn HTML5- Developing interactive content like charts, videos, spreadsheets etc. - Keep the content up to date- Handling the publishing process- Manage the subscription businessDominik

doesn't sound appealing to me -- I want to be able to say a book is done and dusted and move on.

QuoteOriginally posted by: semanticumDominic,You are addressing the right opportunity for non-fiction books authors these days: Interactive content which is constantly updated. You don't buy the book just once and have to throw it away after one or two years because it is outdated. You buy a subscription valid for a particular period. The challenge for the authors: - Learn HTML5- Developing interactive content like charts, videos, spreadsheets etc. - Keep the content up to date- Handling the publishing process- Manage the subscription businessDominikThis is probably not the most appropriate format for e-books. But it has potential for other forms of information.HTML 5 is 'bleeding edge'..

mj has a good point about being able to move on after finishing a book.Although IU have a lot of sympathy for that position, it means that some relatively good books just fall out of usefulness because they are never updated, even small deltas can make a big difference here. Also when you see something that has stopped being true by the time you read a book it can make the reader believe that the author was wrong when he wrote it, undermining their view of his competence.Since a large % of this sort of book are written by people who wish to demonstrate their competence, that's not ideal.

i am seriously old school when it comes to new technology (except POD )Readers keep asking me about Kindle, search -insides, i-pads. i am under the belief that any form of e-book will expose an author to piracy. i have seen e-copies of good technical books floating around in cyberspace, some even appeared to have been scanned! Do you all have any advice on this? -----------------------------------------------------------Check out my: Book review

Quotepiracy. Do you all have any advice on this? I am thinking of hiring these guys for my next project. They have intimate knowledge of hidden nano-text, personalised fingerprinting, and diffraction grating.

The scanning is the joker in the problem. Even if we keep very tight control of our files, there is the fundamental problem that someone can scan the book and give away e-copies. I am very doubtful of the long term viability of publishing.

Thanks guys , i get the drift.What do you think of translating to a chinese version and sell in China? i am visiting Beijing now, saw many popular investment books (Chinese version) selling around Yuan50 (or USD7.7)--nothing to write home about, but the volume can be huge. Just attended a risk conference here--seems bankers/ quants here are picking up these topics rather rapidly over the last 2 years. i heard at RMB50, you can still get pirated at <RMB30 Perhaps the gains are non-monetary... -------------------------------------------------------Author site: www.bubble-value-at-risk.com

Perhaps the gains are non-monetary... For the 'real' author..Another scenario is that someone will translate your book and publish it under his name.That happened to one of my books in 1995 that was translated into an Indo-European language. And it even happened to a book that was typed in all over again. You can resolve this by using a high security optical device('hologram" in old jargon) for the book. pm me if anyone needs to know more about this technology.

QuoteOriginally posted by: mjThe scanning is the joker in the problem. Even if we keep very tight control of our files, there is the fundamental problem that someone can scan the book and give away e-copies. I am very doubtful of the long term viability of publishing.Yes, this is a problem. I ran across this interview a whileback which gives some indication of the mindset of the scanners.Some related links:"Free" Books Aren't FreeArguing Book Piracy Book piracy: Less DRM, more data