Do you know how much time is involved in the publishing of a book? It is tiring even to consider. I have far too much to do to be bothered with this work and the process. And then there is the people involved. So many of them, all vying to influence the work and clip out pieces of it. It is horrible to consider, like a child cut all to pieces.

And then they must profit from it. Profit. This has little place in a true scholarly work, which is all that I care for. Is your student of practical engineering so principled, or will we deal with a man who sells his brain-children to the highest bidder and turn his back as they are cannibalized for profit?