Re: Author a Book on Clojure - Packt Publishing

[Jan-Paul Bultmann]

Just my 50 cent.

I was asked to do a technical review on a Clojure podcasts by packtpub once.

The "storyboard" they send me consisted of a word file containing a huge table with text and source code.

Why would anybody send a technical reviewer source code in a word document, yet alone in a table column that has a width of 50 characters which causes it to line-wrap everywhere?!

It feels to me that this publisher is just a book mill that goes for quantity and not quality.

I couldn't make it thought a single book I bought from them because reading them felt like a waste of time.

Of course things might have changed by now and your mileage may vary.

I'm just thinking that if somebody takes the time of writing a book on Clojure,

it should at least be worthwhile.

All the best, Jan

On 20 Dec 2014, at 09:07, Tushar Gupta <tos...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am Tushar Gupta, an Acquisition Editor at Packt Publishing. We specialise in publishing books, eBooks, video tutorials and articles for IT developers, administrators and users.

We are currently planning to develop a book on Clojure Data structures and Algorithms.

We are looking for an expert to author this book and share their knowledge and skills with our readers.

For more information you can mail me on tus...@packtpub.com.

Looking forward to have some legit responses. :)

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Regards,

Tushar Gupta
Acquisition Editor
Packt Publishing
www.packtpub.com
Skype: packt.tusharg

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[Michael Klishin]

On 22 December 2014 at 13:39:12, Jan-Paul Bultmann (janpaul...@googlemail.com) wrote:
> It feels to me that this publisher is just a book mill that goes
> for quantity and not quality.
> I couldn't make it thought a single book I bought from them because
> reading them felt like a waste of time.
>
> Of course things might have changed by now and your mileage may
> vary.
> I'm just thinking that if somebody takes the time of writing a
> book on Clojure,
> it should at least be worthwhile.

I have recently reviewed a book for them (on a popular open source database).
The process was sane. All code was sent to me in tarballs. The book also ended up
being solid, and would likely be one of the best books on the subject available
by the time it is out.

So I guess it's like a box of chocolate. 
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[Rafik NACCACHE]

I also reviewed  a book on "Machine Learning in Clojure". That was a pleasure to read and I learned a couple of things!

I recommend them too.

Le lundi 22 décembre 2014 14:41:41 UTC+1, Michael Klishin a écrit :

[blake]

I've worked with a number of publishers over the years and it's not unusual for the process to be mired in typical corporate tech thought. Publishing is not a tech business: You can usually expect things tied to Microsoft products.