Ok, whoever wrote it HAS to post on this board. C'mon, fess up.
Okay, Now It's Official. I have seen EVERYTHING!!
by Gary1914 15 Replies latest jw friends
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fairchild
I feel a bit sorry for the author of the book. Think about it. It is directed toward a specific audience. Let's say we have 6 million witnesses. No female witness will buy this book, because following every step in the book is still not going to make her an elder, so why bother.. Now we're down to an audience of about 3 million (most likely less). The book is published in English (subtract all the ones who don't speak English). Now subtract the ones who are already elders, the ones who will never even know of the existence of this book, the ones who don't want to be an elder, and the ones who don't know how to read... who is left? A hundred people perhaps? No major publishing house will publish a book which is directed towards a small audience. So the author of this book must have self-published it. This means that he has spent anything between $500 and $10,000 to get the book published. Even with 50% royalties, (which in reality would amount to less than 50 cents per book, after subtracting the store discount, publishing cost, etc.. ) he'll still burn his fingers financially, just to get this book out there.
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fairchild
Lulu.com is really cool. They will print anyone's book on demand. So it doesn't have the start up costs like printing it yourself would have.
Oops, I should have read the whole thread before running my mouth. POD (publish on demand) is even worse, the royalties are much lower. The going start up rate for POD is around $2,000
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New Worldly Translation
Good spot ColdRed. I think you're right that it's some kind of spoof. My guess is that the author is already out of the org.
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integ
I was thinking that if a couple of the gov. body members got together, they could really make millions of dollars so many different ways.
1) Write a book like this one.
2) Strongly "suggest' that ALL witness families make a "donation" of at least 10 dollars each to get the book. Some would of course give more.
If only 200,000 people made "donations" of at least 10 dollars to buy a book like this they would make 2 million dollars. The thing is, they DO have this kind of power. They have a willing, captive, customer base, that is willing to do anything asked of them. Is anybody up for a coup?????? We could really rake it in.(lol).
Integ.
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jkomenda
Lulu.com is really cool. They will print anyone's book on demand. So it doesn't have the start up costs like printing it yourself would have.
Oops, I should have read the whole thread before running my mouth. POD (publish on demand) is even worse, the royalties are much lower. The going start up rate for POD is around $2,000
Although this is true for many POD publishers, Lulu.com has no upfront fees at all. The author will make a profit even if they sell only one book (other than the expense of their time of course.)
Joe Komenda
Lulu.com QA Geek