tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post1713302096340605571..comments2024-03-22T17:35:52.045-04:00Comments on Extra Thoughts: Phonics material now available in PDFLydia McGrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-27159161265011404472008-07-08T20:26:00.000-04:002008-07-08T20:26:00.000-04:00That was certainly a thorough answer. All that stu...That was certainly a thorough answer. All that stuff about government interference would be enough to scare me off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-66827874650401554802008-07-07T21:50:00.000-04:002008-07-07T21:50:00.000-04:00First, because I'm lazy. I would feel guilty about...First, because I'm lazy. I would feel guilty about charging anybody money for the material in its present rather rough-around-the-edges state, but I have no inspirations about how to neaten the edges. Second, because I loathe red tape and am scared of it. For example, if I sold a physical book for a profit to somebody located in my own state, I would have to get a sales tax collection number, collect sales tax, and send it on with the appropriate forms to the state. This would also mean registering with the state as a physical-stuff-selling business, and I have no idea what the other implications of _that_ are...And so on. It appears that selling purely electronic materials does not have this consequence, but there are still the self-employment taxes to pay. I'd have to make much bigger profits than anything I would anticipate even to begin to make the red tape--and my nervousness over red tape--worth it. Third, because I don't need the sort of nickel-and-dime money I would anticipate making, if I made anything at all. Fourth, because in order to make money on it, I would have to stop doing what I'm doing right here-- offering it for free to as many people as can use it. That would serve principally to make sure that fewer people get it, which seems to me petty, un-civic, and betraying a lack of a love for the dissemination of knowledge, given 1-4. In short, I'm not going to forego the ability to get stuff out to people who might be able to use it and the pleasure of knowing that I've helped somebody just in order to make more hassles for myself and _maybe_ some pathetic little trickle of money.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-40214018698008121742008-07-07T21:13:00.000-04:002008-07-07T21:13:00.000-04:00"I'm not out to make money on it"Why not?"I'm not out to make money on it"<BR/><BR/>Why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-9983291794666866252008-07-07T18:53:00.000-04:002008-07-07T18:53:00.000-04:00This looks great, Lydia! I will send the link to ...This looks great, Lydia! I will send the link to my children who are now beginning to teach their children to read. I think it will be very helpful to them.<BR/><BR/>BethBeth Impsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560137034653905618noreply@blogger.com