From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>
Cc: Dmitry Samersoff <dms@wplus.net>
Cc: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Cc: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <docs@postgreSQL.org>
Cc: "PostgreSQL-development"@candle.pha.pa.us, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org, Jan Wieck <jwieck@debis.com>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:49:25 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <199910210349.XAA12496@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3804AAC9.FE9FEF75@wgcr.org>
> 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.
I have this from Addison Wesley. It is online now.
> 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....)
Much thanks for sending me this suggestion.
I read it at:
http://photo.net/wtr/dead-trees/story.html
First, it is very long, so let me give you a quick summary. He did his
first book for MacMillan, which is like Sams, Waite, etc. Basically your
fat book for dummies, and had a pretty terrible experience. You have to
read it to appreciate it. This reminds me of Thomas's comment that we
need a good, quality publisher for our books. If the first book that
came out on PostgreSQL was "PostgreSQL for Dummies", Marc would have a
fit. And I have seen him in fits -- it is not pretty.
He did his second book for Morgan Kaufmann, who is a quality publisher
like Addison Wesley. Totally different experience, and a different
quality book.
This is required reading for anyone who is interested in the book
writing experience or is considering writing a book. People, we need to
stay with the quality publishers, if possible.
I am sure there will be a "PostgreSQL Unleashed" book one day, with tons
of graphic arrows and very little content, but let's put it off as long
as we can.
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