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Internet Publishing Can Pay Off

Posted by michael on from the two-bits dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Leander Kahney of Wired News has an article (Net Publishing Made Profitable) about how the publishers of the free, online newsletter TidBITS have hit the jackpot with their highly focused Take Control ebook series (nicely formatted PDFs that are easy to read on screen or print). Authors earn 50% royalties, and the books cost $5 or $10, with free updates. All the books out right now are about Mac topics, but maybe they'll branch out in the future."

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  1. Hi by FosterKanig · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So what are you all doing this evening?

    1. Re:Hi by chamcham · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      soaking up water that hurricane charlie forced through the weather strip on my front door. the home server and computers are fine... and my friends thougt i was crazy for having a 3000va ups at home: protect the uptime.

    2. Re:Hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Any chance of this storm wiping out that nest of Florida spammers in Boca Raton ?

    3. Re:Hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So what are you all doing this evening?

      It's daytime here you insensitive clod. And while I am at it, how do you expect to get replies if you go and get yourself modded -1? Hih? Huh?

  2. A/S/L? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cyber?

  3. Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Slashdot...

    Friday Night...

    Masturbating?

  4. Astroturfing? was: Re:Waiting for these to... by macdaddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this an example of the astroturfing we were warned about?

  5. American stupidity or political correctness ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The correct term is "titbit" not "tidbit".
    Some dumb marketing moron probably thought it was offensive.

  6. Re:FP? by dbottaro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yep - more like 4th post - looked like a good shot at the time I wrote it

    --
    Coding my way to the next BSOD!
  7. Ignore This. by karmatic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I truly do have karma to burn, so I'm going to test out a thoery...

    Do people with low UIDs go around looking for Low UID threads, and reply?

    Time will tell...

  8. Re:THIS FP FoR gNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you are quite possibly the lamest person on all of slashdot.