Comments on: Conversation with a Student http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/08/28/conversation-with-a-student/ by Hemant Mehta Mon, 28 May 2012 00:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: hoverFrog http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/08/28/conversation-with-a-student/#comment-223646 hoverFrog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:24:06 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=4270#comment-223646 Do you know how many have been sold? or how widely they've been sold? I've got a copy 4,000 (ish) miles from you or a quarter round the globe, based on you being 6 hours behind England. Do you know what the average price is? Is your royalty fee fixed or is it a percentage of the sale price? You could have all sorts of mathematically themed questions featuring your book. That should be a lesson to outspoken students. Do you know how many have been sold? or how widely they’ve been sold? I’ve got a copy 4,000 (ish) miles from you or a quarter round the globe, based on you being 6 hours behind England. Do you know what the average price is? Is your royalty fee fixed or is it a percentage of the sale price?

You could have all sorts of mathematically themed questions featuring your book. That should be a lesson to outspoken students.

]]> By: efrique http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/08/28/conversation-with-a-student/#comment-223597 efrique Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:56:01 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=4270#comment-223597 You definitely get squat on second hand books (not 3 cents). Royalties come out of what the publisher gets on books they sell, but with a second-hand book - (i) they already paid you royalties on the initial sale of the book when it was new (which is all the money they'll ever get for it), and (ii) even if they wanted to give you royalties on re-sold books, they don't even <i>know</i> it's been re-sold. You definitely get squat on second hand books (not 3 cents).

Royalties come out of what the publisher gets on books they sell, but with a second-hand book -
(i) they already paid you royalties on the initial sale of the book when it was new (which is all the money they’ll ever get for it), and
(ii) even if they wanted to give you royalties on re-sold books, they don’t even know it’s been re-sold.

]]> By: Oliver http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/08/28/conversation-with-a-student/#comment-223595 Oliver Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:09:24 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=4270#comment-223595 A future supply-side economist, obviously. A future supply-side economist, obviously.

]]> By: anom http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/08/28/conversation-with-a-student/#comment-223576 anom Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:21:14 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=4270#comment-223576 Hemant, I would be your favorite student. If only I was born closer to your school... Hemant, I would be your favorite student. If only I was born closer to your school…

]]> By: Bjorn Watland http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/08/28/conversation-with-a-student/#comment-223566 Bjorn Watland Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:36:24 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=4270#comment-223566 Ooooh, and I noticed the SSA donation bar move up. If every visitor could donate $.03, that would be something, right? Ooooh, and I noticed the SSA donation bar move up. If every visitor could donate $.03, that would be something, right?

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