Warren Mosler self-publishes his books for free, which I think is nice. But hey, hes worth over $100 million between the car company and the trading / investing career. Are your ideas along the lines of Mosler?
If he is the guy I am thinking of someone told me that he is similar to me. The problem I have is the cost of publishing. There is a book. Publishing a book costs money. I could have gone through a think tank but I lose my writers freedom and this way I get some royalties. This may help compensate for the cost. But lets face it it is not going to sell more than a couple of dozen copies.
Self publishing is the wave of the future. Many music artists are taking the route along with authors. The days of the controlling publishing house are ending.
Yes. I completely agree. There are many advantages. 1. You can publish what you want. 2. You get the royalties no argument. 3. You get the intellectual rights to the work. 4. You can alter or retract the book when you want. 5. You can control the promotion of the book. 6. You get all the kudos. 7. You get to make the decisions on look, layout etc. 8. You get to add publisher to list of skills and the processes is a learning curve. 9. It is an achievement in itself to produce a book regardless of the content.
As an earlier poster alluded to, I am interested in knowing your background before I buy into or even read any of your theories. If you look at any book, it states "The author went to such and such a school, has studied economics for so many years, works in the whatever field....etc." How do you make a living? Since you are advertising your book here, I think it would be appropriate to answer some of these questions. If you are an amateur economist who simply wants to put ideas down on paper and get people thinking, that's OK too, I'm just curious.
Sorry to be negative here, but I wouldn't pat yourself on the back just yet... I could write a lot of bullshit, wacko ideas down on paper and call it a book, but I wouldn't consider that some grand achievement.
I have a degree in accounting and finance. I have published work with think tanks in the past. Below is a blog post at the IEA. http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/salary-sacrifice-–-should-it-be-sacrificed The reason I linked to this is because it is free and easy to link to. It also highlights one of my specialist areas. Pensions. I used to work as a bankruptcy clerk and then at a bank. I wrote computer program that saved them £2.4 m a year. I have done other stuff too. You can look at my website. morganisteconomics.org.uk
The point I am making is that the process of self publishing in itself is a skills. It is not easy to crop, adjust and resize the text to the specified requirements. Then to get an ISBN number and copyright and produce a cover and get one made to the requirements of the publisher. Then you have to get proof copies and check for mistakes and go through the process of buying a promotion package. The publishing of a book is a profession in its self. There would not be publishers if that was not the case. Self publishing although less risky using print on demand, is a skill due to the above reasons.
Right on, good stuff. Where did you study? How do you currently make your living, if you don't mind me asking? The only reason I ask is because you are asking for donations on your website.