Reply #114: I'm not talking about him, I am talking about using him as an

[Bluenorthwest]

Example of not considering the bottom line. He most certainly does. I do think at times that the quality of adaptations of his work is tied to the way he approaches deal making for those adaptations. My point is that comparing a high end, high dollar author to those trying to make a living and claiming that the rich guy just does not worry about the bottom line is a bit disingenuous. Because he most certainly makes hard core professional deals, which he should. He gets well paid. That does not happen because he never considers the zeros on his contract.
I like him very much. I just don't see him as anything like an example of a person who does not consider profit and the bottom line.
My issues was with this idea of calling working people out for making a living, while claiming a very strong rich commercial artist never thinks of the bottom line. I just don't get the idea of snipping at people for trying to feed their families, and then holding up rich people as examples of 'how not to care about the bottom line'. Neil's problems are not the problems of a working artist. They are the problems of an international product line. This OP is about a small non profit publishing business, and people are saying 'you should do it just for love, like Neil'. The OP does it for love. I assume Neil does as well, and both of them think of the bottom line. Telling a small business person or nonprofit that they should not care about making enough to keep the doors open, while holding up Superstar media makers as examples of how to not care about money strikes me as odd.