Whew. When we went into this a whole two weeks ago we never thought there might be real money in writing books. But a blogger was just given a $275,000 advance for her book.
So far publishers haven't offered us anything (which is fair since we are still working on the vision/TOC/proposal for ours) but they hinted that they'd be willing to pay in the $20,000 to $50,000 range for an advance. Now, that might sound like a lot, but we expect to put a man year or two into this book.
Like we said, you don't write a book for the money.
Or do you?
Well, its obvious from her blurbs, and even her regular blog, she knows how to write in a very personal, down to earth way. The cries of beleaguered housewives and single moms everywhere will greatly enjoy her musings.
I wish her luck and hope the book does well, which could then bode great things toward other bloggers-turned-pro-authors and/or blogging books.
Posted by: Evan | December 20, 2004 at 10:38 AM
She is writing a book about sex and politics in D.C.; you are writing a book about corporate blogging. Good luck chasing down that advance : >
Maybe you could write a book about how to build a better iPod, that seems to draw a lot of attention.....
Posted by: joe | December 20, 2004 at 01:09 PM
Careful about that iPod idea... it could land in you in a lawsuit and your advance moved to an Infinite Loop (Apple) bank account.
I really do think you S&S guys are onto something. Don't know that it's going to become the next Harvard Business School release. But, one never knows. I'll certainly buy a copy (if you release it in PDF format as well).
GB
Posted by: Gerald Buckley | December 21, 2004 at 10:09 AM