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Date:      Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:25:53 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), BMCGROARTY@high-voltage.com, jooji@webnology.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Authors notes for FreeBSD books 
Message-ID:  <11441.934158353@localhost>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Aug 1999 23:47:33 -0000." <199908082347.QAA05404@usr08.primenet.com> 

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> I would be more than happy to write a FreeBSD book (or two) *IFF* it
> would settle down from its moving target status long enough for there
> to be sufficient sales.  For an internals book, this would mean:

I doubt that's going to happen no matter what edicts are handed out,
nor would enforcing stagnation in the name of documentation likely be
a very good idea.

I also tend to get far more requests for "beginner's books" from all
the publishers I mentioned than for any "internals" books, as nice as
that might be to have.  In fact, I've yet to have a single publisher
express interest in anything with much technical depth - they want
"FreeBSD for ISPs" or "doing eCommerce with FreeBSD" or something
suitably buzzwordy.  As one publisher put it, "we want a Complete
FreeBSD of our own to sell", and TCF isn't exactly an internals book
by any stretch.

- Jordan


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