Scott, how come author's not paid?

[Potential Author]

I like your site, and I can only guess you guys make a lot of money from advertising
and now with your 2 books. How come you don't pay your authors? Obviously,
you did not write your books without any payment

[Ian S]

"Potential Author" <authornospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I like your site, and I can only guess you guys make a lot of money from
advertising
>and now with your 2 books. How come you don't pay your authors? Obviously,
>you did not write your books without any payment


Most of us volunteered for the job. But thanks to it I have worked with a
few publishers and also written for other websites. And it never hurts on
a resume to mention it. Anyone can write one. Just write it up and send it
in. It's that easy.
Part of being a professional developer is not only knowing the technology
but also assisting others in learning it. Just part of the job.

just my two cents.

[Scott Mitchell]

Hello Potential Author, thanks for the question!

There are a couple of reasons... first, I want to keep the feel of 4Guys
as follows: a site for the average ASP enthusiast created by the ASP community,
a great group of developers who are passionate about ASP and enjoy sharing
their knowledge with others. Those who only want to write for a quick buck...
go to ASPToday.com, they'll pay you. I want people who want to write because
they love ASP, because they think it's uber-cool and super-neat. Granted,
I understand that many developers fall into that category but would also
like to be compensated for their time, but I think that articles created
by people FOR FREE is a true sign of their enjoyment of learning, sharing,
and working with ASP!

I started doing the whole site for free... I do make a living off of it now,
but for over a year, I plugged away making very little, if any at all. In
fact, in the early months, when I had no advertising on the site, I use to
write a new article every single day! Why? Because I was infantuated with
ASP. :-)

So... I hope that answers your question. Have a great day!

Scott Mitchell
mitchell@4guysfromrolla.com
http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com
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"Potential Author" <authornospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I like your site, and I can only guess you guys make a lot of money from
advertising
>and now with your 2 books. How come you don't pay your authors? Obviously,
>you did not write your books without any payment