CompuServe Messages

Unimaginable royalties? I look at the investment of time and energy versus royalties for computer books, which I think might be a hotter market than rock books, and I have a hard time thinking it is worth it to write one… A fossil book would be a labor of love. It might be worth it to self-publish it, since people would come to you to find it if it existed, unlike most computer titles that people expect to find at the local B Daltons. The nice thing is, most bookstores have a "local authors" section, and they might stock one or two. And then you could convince all the state libraries that they'd need a copy of this local book… it might break even. Down in Kansas, I found an interesting pyrite-encrusted shell, perhaps something I've seen labelled a "baculite". In this same loose clay-like strata, I found several pockets of loose coal. What's coal doing in this type of material?