Okay, I went and checked the link and here's my reactions to what was said there, instead of here. First off, a lot of people DON'T want to write a book, they want to have written (and sold) a book. Those of us who really do want to write books, don't find it nearly as much of a pain as this guy suggests, and even when it is a pain, it still satisfies a deep inner need, and is therefore my joyful and pleasant than the alternative of not writing books. Next question, why do the people who like writing books try to sell them instead of putting them up on the web? Because even if you DON'T make a living at it, you might as well make as much money off of it as you can. AND Because they want not just to write books, but to write GOOD books, and getting someone to pay money for it is a fairly good indication that it might not suck rocks. At least that's the way I see it. (I've written four books and I'm 20 000 words into the next one.)