Re:the good and the meh (Score 1)

> You should underline that the royalty rate you are talking about is NOT based on the cover prize!
> It is based on distributor price, that's generally 50% of cover price.

Not true. Not in general, at least. Publishers I have worked with always payed royalties based on the cover price.
I have never published technical books though, only academic texts.

S.