Michael pretty much already answered that. If nothing else, a book on the shelf adds credibility to the language/technology. Seen any books on Zope on the shelves at your local Barnes & Noble? Know many people who use Zope? (Zope's been around almost as long as CF, btw...certainly as long as ASP (if not longer))
What about public demand? I think based on the few responses so far, most would prefer printed text. I find it difficult to sit and read a book on a computer monitor (or worse, a PDA). If I need a reference, I'd much rather reach for the book I need and look in the index to find what I'm after rather than open another browser window (or reader window application), alt-tab back and forth between that, my code, the browser that's outputting my page(s) (yeah, yeah, Charlie's only got one monitor :P). Is there any value in electronic publishing? Sure. I'm not saying there isn't. Biggest value would be the ability to update as patches and upgrades are made public. Look at Hal's CFC book. There's little doubt that the changes between MX 6 and MX 6.1 have significantly hurt the overall value of that book. That doesn't mean that there can't be an electronic delivery of errata and updates (many authors of tech books -do- maintain web pages such as these to complement the paper books). Just doesn't seem to me that the +'s outweight the -'s (yet) of the totally digital delivery of a book. again...yet :) On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:57:26 -0500, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But seriously...come on, Ben, fess up...if I were considering publishing > books (certainly not on CF...I'm still on 4.5.2 :o), why wouldn't > I want to opt to choose the digital route? I've heard anything more > than, "It brings more income to the lecture circuit" and "It's better > for the reputation." > > No sufficient reasons have been brought forward to not go the digital route. > What are the "behind the scenes" reasons? > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:51 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Ordering WACK from Amazon > > Got everything but the WC....water closet? > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199991 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
