booklets vs books
Robert Hicks
a lot of time and sometimes aren't $worth$ doing. I wonder if the Tcl
gurus would look at doing small booklets on a specific topic (the
Grails example is 131 pages). They could be developed somewhat like
the Django book (where users can comment) and then published as a PDF.
Grails has done something similar: http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/grails
Django book: http://www.djangobook.com/
This would get information on 8.5 out there, some best practices, and
allow the community to give feedback. The Grails mini-book also lets
you get a printed version if you prefer a dead-tree version. The
length could be enough to cover one subject fairly well.
Just a suggestion...
Robert
ewils...@gmail.com
Booklets would certainly be great. But I'd suggest that the authors
stick to paper. PDFs, if not free, always seem to end up being shared
illegally and if free usually lead to lower sales of the paper
version.
Self-publishing with POD appears attractive:
- author retains copyright and editorial control
- no need to sell the idea to a publishing house
- faster turnaround
- much more economical for the author: only pay for copies printed
and sold.
- no need to maintain an inventory, sell through Amazon
- about $100 is all that is needed to publish a book
- cheaper for readers
- by some accounts, the author still makes about 5 times as much
compared with going through a traditional publisher.
Also, Authors can get better deals than Lulu - they are relatively
expensive.
Regards
E Wilson