Recently, I had my nth telephone call explaining the facts of publishing
life to a prospective book author, and it finally convinced me to do
something I've been threatening to do for years: write up some comments on
the topic. 12,000 words and several rounds of feedback from authors and
editors later, you can see the result at
http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html It's my hope that prospective
authors will find the information interesting and useful, while armchair
authors will at least find it interesting.

Happy New Year :-)

Scott