Ubuntu book

[Ben Edwards]

PS

Have you considered using the model of publishing Bruce Eckel used for
Thinking in Java.  Basicaly he developed the bood on line so people
could comment on it.  Have a look at
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/.

>From the website:-

Why do you put your books on the Web? How can you make any money that way? 
 
I think we're clearly in the brave new world of the Internet here, and
as far as I know I was one of the first to do what I did - publish the
book as I was developing it, and leave it as a free book in
perpetuity, after it was printed (Eric Raymond is most likely the
first person to have actually done this). Personally, I was prepared
to have low sales but the book brought people to my web site and to
the CD Rom and seminars, so I felt it was worth the risk. Prentice
Hall did a low first printing because they were worried about the
online book cannibalizing sales. However, this book has done better
than all the other books I've written — for the first time I've gotten
royalty checks that have made a difference (book publishing in general
is a pretty high-risk business; the figures I've heard are "10% break
even, 1% are profitable).

Read the rest of this at http://mindview.net/FAQ/FAQ-010

Ben
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