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Hi all,
thanks a lot for your support, I really appreciate you taking all that time! Now let me try to comment on some of your additional information:
Elfwreck, I tried to make a clear distinction between "published" and "self-published" in the introduction. I know this distinction will probably to some extent disappear, but with "published" I meant that you have a publisher (for example Random House) who pays you upfront instead of self-publishing, where you do not have an editor, cover artist etc., working for you, but instead you have to prepare everything yourself and then self-publish. Sorry if that was not totally clear (or still isn't?)
Nyssa, sorry, first time I hear about this.
Artifact, I hope I didn't say that self-published eBooks are of lesser value. And with overhead I meant that there is no publishing house "overhead" (editor, graphic artist, marketing, ...) to be paid by for the self-published book. Sorry if that didn't come across right.
Meeera, I know not all options were present in all cases. However this would have blown up the proportions of the survey. "Spouse" is probably not a good translation from what I had in mind. I meant somebody staying at home (e.g. with the kids). For example, I've been an expat for many years, which "confined" my wife to a jobless life. On Q11, I tried to at least narrow down the type of eBook to "fiction, 300 standard pages". I know this still leaves many possible points of difference, but together with Q12 it allows me a comparison for "published" and "self-published" books.
Thanks again!,
Yves
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