Option number 1 (if a regular, traditional publisher picks up your book) can often get you more money and get your book into more hands compared to self-publishing. As a first-time, virtually unknown author, you can expect to get a $5000 advance and 8% of the list price (or at least thatâs what my friends got).
The Oracle at Delphi. Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be the omphalos-the center (literally navel) of the world.
Delphi (pronounced DEHL-FAI) from Borland competes with Visual Basic as an offering for an object-oriented, visual programming approach to application development. Based on object Pascal programming language, the latest version of Delphi includes facilities for rapidly building or converting an application into a Web service.