I wanted to mention that I got my first royalty check from Visibooks the other day for 1Q 2005. The book, MySQL Basics for Visual Learners, raked in enough in that quarter for Jill and I to take the kids to Arby's. Whoot!
On a side note, I came to find out that one of the guys at work also wrote a book, Small Animal Care & Management by Dean Warren. Dean told me the story of how he came to write this book, which was pretty interesting. In a nutshell, he happened to be at a publisher's booth looking for a book on small animal care and instead of just turning him away (they didn't have a title like that) they asked him to write one for them. The book itself has been through several editions, but Dean is no full-time writer and is pretty busy in "retirement" with Schrader's. He's getting ready to do yet another edition -- not bad for a retired school teacher, I'd say!
