# $$$$$Cha-ching! Money made by authors per book sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 10, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cha-ching-money-made-by-authors-per-book-sale/489017 "2009-03-10T23:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cha-ching-money-made-by-authors-per-book-sale/489017/81 "2009-03-20T22:33:05Z")
> [@JustThinkin](#): > > **Colibri** : Field guide or coffee table book? > > Will you let us know when it comes out in the U.S., please? It’s a new field guide to the birds of Panama. We’re hoping to have it out before the end of the year. My previous books have been a Panama birding site guide (sort of a Lonely Planet for birders) and one on the most important sites for bird conservation in Panama. I’m thinking of doing my next one on Chinese porcelain, just for a change of pace.😉 ---
**Author:** ![JustThinkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JustThinkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinkin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cha-ching-money-made-by-authors-per-book-sale/489017/82 "2009-03-21T14:11:23Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s a new field guide to the birds of Panama. We’re hoping to have it out before the end of the year. > > My previous books have been a Panama birding site guide (sort of a Lonely Planet for birders) and one on the most important sites for bird conservation in Panama. > > I’m thinking of doing my next one on Chinese porcelain, just for a change of pace.😉 Kewl! I’m hoping that \*\*Fetchund \*\*and I will someday have a chance to use it. We would love to go birding in Panama. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cha-ching-money-made-by-authors-per-book-sale/489017.md?page=4)