Hi there. My name is Scott Duffy, and welcome to my book writing log. I have documented the process of writing my last two books on this site, and have started my third. This book will be called Visual Studio Team System In Action, and should be available in 2005.

First Royalty Statement

Every three months, I expect to receive a letter (sent by my agent, but really from my publisher) called a "royalty statement". This statement tells me about book sales. How many were sold, broken down by region (domestic, foreign, Canada, deep discount). Just as importantly, these letters will contain a statement of how much I earned and possibly even a check.

I just received my first royalty statement ever, and no, it did not contain a check. Of course, I received a rather large advance for my JavaScript book, and it might take another statement or two to pay it back.

Of course, receiving the statement has got me thinking about my next book. What should the topic be? Something really interesting this time. The MCSD book was not as much fun to write as the JavaScript book was, I must say. Of course, the "fun" level is inversely proportional to the "work" level. The MCSD book was a lot more work...