From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <199910131653.MAA13583@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book
In-Reply-To: <3804AAC9.FE9FEF75@wgcr.org> from Lamar Owen at "Oct 13,
	1999 11:52:41 am"
To: Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:53:33 -0400 (EDT)
CC: Dmitry Samersoff <dms@wplus.net>, Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>,
	Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>,
	PostgreSQL-documentation <docs@postgreSQL.org>,
	PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Actually, I want to make sure the book is accessible on the web.  I will
> > keep your translation idea in mind.  Good point.
> 
> Talk to Philip Greenspun.  Morgan-Kaufman cut him a deal where his book,
> "Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing" is also available free on
> the web (http://photo.net/wtr/thebook).  His e-mail is philg@mit.edu.
> 
> And you gotta see the quality of his book!  Amazon carries it. 
> (although, I must say, some of his choices for pictures were a little
> over the top....)

Again, having it on the web will be done.  No better way to have it
available to everyone, and it helps sell books, and the publisher thinks
that is fine.

Morgan-Kaufmann is good, but I don't have many of their books.

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