You migh tbe interested in the response to my email to Wrox.
Dave...
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>--- Original Message ---
>From: Julia Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'Dave Cross'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: 10/31/00 3:03:15 PM
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>Thanks for taking the time to reply.
>
>I'd like to respond to some of your comments. We already have
the book
>covered from an open source angle which is why the chapters
that we are
>still looking to cover may appear biased towards proprietory
software.
>
>If anyone expresses an interest, I will then discuss remuneration
with them.
>
>
>I have had several responses from programmers asking my permission
to pass
>on my enquiry to their colleagues, so that was the reason for
my comment.
>
>People are contacted in the order that I come across them, not
in order of
>preference.
>
>I don't consider my mails to be spam, I contact people with
an offer of work
>directly related to their professional field. If I don't get
a response
>from someone, I will assume that they are not interested and
will not email
>them again.
>
>I have received many positive comments from people that I have
contacted,
>even if they do not have the time or experience to write for
us.
>
>Regards,
>
>Julia
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Cross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 13:56
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Pro Perl authors
>
>
>
>From: Julia Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: 10/31/00 1:10:45 PM
>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> My name is Julia Gilbert and I am an Author Agent for Wrox
>> <http://www.wrox.com>.
>>
>> You may be familiar with our range of books.
>
>Yes. You're the people who have the scarey author photos on
the
>front of your books.
>
>You should _know_ that I know your books as I've recently discussed
>doing tech reviews on "Professional Perl" with one of your colleagues.
>
>> Our trademark is "Programmer to Programmer", because Wrox
>> books are written by professional programmers for
>> professional programmers and are subsequently reviewed by
>> professional programmers.
>
>I've been involved in some conversations with people who are
>alredy tech reviewing this "Professional Perl" and the concensus
>of opinion seems to be that to programmers involved in writing
>it are, in general, far from professional.
>
>> We are currently in the process of producing a publication
>
>> dedicated to professional Perl programming and are seeking
>
>> authors who have the expertise to write chapters on one or
>
>> more of the following subjects:-
>>
>> 1) Perl and Relational Databases
>> (access to MS SQL servers via the Sybase drivers, Oracle,
>> and probably a bit of MySQL too. Modules that should be
>> covered include DBI::W32ODBC, Win32::ODBC, Win32::DBIODBC,
>
>> DBFramework, and Tangram)
>>
>> 2) Embedding Perl into Web Pages
>> (Why embed Perl, Perl-ASP/PerlScript, EmbPerl, ePerl,
>> HTML::Mason)
>>
>> 3) Mathematical and Computational Applications
>> (Perl Math Modules, Mathematical Algorithms with Perl,
>> Matrices, Cryptography)
>>
>> 4) Distributed Perl Programming
>> (IPC, RPC, CORBA)
>>
>> 5) Perl and Other Programming Languages
>> (Using C from Perl, writing with the POSIX.pm module,
>> syscall, Devel::Peek, DynaLoader.pm, Using Perl from C,
>> Converting Perl into C, Converting Perl into Bytecode (and
>
>> back))
>>
>> 6) Perl and Unicode
>> ([perlunicode] (I18N.pm), use utf8.pm, use bytes.pm)
>>
>> 7) Locale and Internationalization
>> (use locale, Unicode, Time and Timezones).
>>
>> In addition to these chapters, we need authors to write
>> the following sections:
>>
>> * A section on "Perl IDEs and Editors"
>> * Integrating Perl with IIS
>> * Integrating Perl with Netscape
>> * A set of short sections on web protocols
>> covering MailTools modules,
>> Mail::POP3Client, libnet modules (namely,
>> Net::SMTP, Net::POP3, Net::FTP).
>
>Sorry, but none of these topics really interest me. There seems
>to be a large emphasis on proprietory software - which most
professional
>Perl programmers would avoid whenever possible.
>
>> We would need your first draft of the
>> chapter(s)/section(s) before the end of November, so
>> please let me know ASAP if you are interested in writing
>> for us.
>
>This sounds a bit short notice to produce anything of any quality.
>You also fail to mention the remuneration that I could expect
>for carrying out this work.
>
>> You are welcome to pass my enquiry on to any colleagues
>> who you think may be interested.
>
>Don't you think that this makes you sound a bit desperate for
>authors? I think I'll pass on this if you don't mind.
>
>> I look forward to hearing from you soon,
>
>You must realise that many people in the Perl community are
regularly
>in contact with each and that therefore I know that you sent
>this mail to a number of people last week. The fact that I wasn't
>included in the first batch and was only contacted after they
>all turned you down doesn't exactly fill me with enthusiasm.
>
>Also, I'm sure that you must realise that sending identical
unsolicited
>emails to a number of people can be seen as "spamming" - an
activity
>which won't exactly endear you to the programming community
at
>large.
>
>All in all it seems that sending out these emails has been very
>damaging to Wrox's reputation in the open source developer community.
>Speaking for myself, I will be very unlikely to recommend Wrox's
>books to anyone in the future.
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave...
>--
><http://www.dave.org.uk>
>
>"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one",
>he said. But still they come.
>
>
>
>
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