No..
Since this forum happened to ask, I shall tell.
It all started with a publisher asking if we wanted to publish a
book, as the publisher felt then there was some profit to be
done.
Thus it was agreed that he will publish 5000 books to sell, and as
commission, me and my co-author will get 1000 books.
That would be our 'commission' for our part in writing it.
The publisher said that should he reprint more after the 5000
books, then we will get some royalty. I can't remember but I think
it's 5 cents per book sold.
When I left SPI, I donated the my share of 450+ books to the newly
set-up society.
If you need to know why I left, just visit my forumand read Welcome
to API section.
