Ubuntu book

[Sivan Green]

Ahh Bruce Eckel, forever shall remain in my heart as the open wide
Thiking In series. A true open source author :)



On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:57:09 +0100, Ben Edwards <funkytwig at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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