It does make me feel better knowing that you'll be reviewing the book. -- John
On Dec 4, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Jacob Quinn <quinn.jac...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's a good point John. I definitely had the thought looking over the > outline that a bunch of the 0.4 changes will make certain parts out of date > pretty quickly. > > Then again, I figured if I helped review, I could perhaps help push things in > a good direction and help make it as timely as possible. > > -Jacob > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:35 PM, John Myles White <johnmyleswh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > I hate to say it, but Packt's handling of its Julia publications is rather > troubling. I received a request to review this book and told them I wasn't > free, but the truth is that I would prefer that they not pubilsh this kind of > book at all right now. The blurb refers to several things that may not even > exist in JuliaStats, including lists, factors and ANOVA's. I think the whole > thing is premature. > > -- John > > > On Dec 4, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Wilfred Hughes <yowilf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I received an email today about being a technical reviewer for a book on >> Julia! >> >> We're currently developing a book titled Mastering Julia aiming at building >> statistical models with linear regressions and analysis of variance (ANOVA) >> and will be working on probability, probability distributions, and random >> variables covering data structures such as matrices, lists, factors, and >> data frames. This book is targeted at Intermediate level developer in >> statistical languages and one who will be having understanding of Core >> elements and applications. >> >> Would you be interested in acting as reviewer for this book? >> >> Now, I enjoy Julia, and I'm happy to help promote the language, but I don't >> think I'm particularly qualified to be a technical reviewer of a book on >> Julia programming. I found this thread on julia-dev: >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/julia-dev/HrdpknFgdfk/SAVMyyacT_sJ >> where Packt contacted a large number of folks seeking an author. >> >> Has anyone else received something like this? In principle, I'm all in >> favour of producing promotional or teaching materials, but I'm surprised it >> lead to me being contacted. > >
