Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:37:54 -0400 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> Cc: Neurosys <neurosys@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Magazine (Advertiser Responses) Message-ID: <20001004143754.A73929@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041347460.1117-100000@vnode.vmunix.com>; from chrisc@vmunix.com on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:48:49PM -0400 References: <20001004134334.A73671@blackhelicopters.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041347460.1117-100000@vnode.vmunix.com>
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On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:48:49PM -0400, Chris Coleman wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:30:48PM -0400, Neurosys wrote: > > > Listen. In order to make this 'business'. you need capital to start it. > > > Thats how you break the cycle. > > > > That would be far preferable. You have any? > > > Do we have an idea of how much capital it takes to get one started? > > -Chris Four year old quote: black-and-white interior, 96 pages, perfect bound, color cover with pre-separated masters, 1000 copies, roughly $2500, plus another $1500/1000 copies thereafter. Keep in mind that the cost of paper has gone up since then, and that this rate requires pre-laid-out pages, and in today's market you *have* to have pro-looking pages or you'll die before you hit bookstore shelves. That's just the physical production cost. Tack on advertising, markup, etc. Then you have writers' and editors' salaries/fees etc. Do *not* underestimate the amount of time writing and editing a magazine takes! (I suspect Chris has a *real* good idea of this with his new position. ;) Volunteers will only carry you so far, after all. 96 pages is a lot of writing, too. After all, how many pages is the whole Handbook? ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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