Re: [Python-authors] Python-authors Digest, Vol 31, Issue 4

2016-10-10 Thread Vasudev Ram
>Maybe another purpose of the list could be to come up with ideas. I've been >something of a fan of Seth Godin in the past, and particularly his suggestion >that it's best to give ideas away because anybody half-way creative has so >many they can never implement more than a tenth of them. Ha ha

Re: [Python-authors] Python-authors Digest, Vol 31, Issue 4

2016-10-10 Thread Steve Holden
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Chalmer Lowe wrote: > Actually kinda nice to see this mailing list spring to some sort of life. > > I have been weighing my options in terms of trying to author something > Python related, but the subject matter is escaping me. Every time I come > across a topic t

Re: [Python-authors] Python-authors Digest, Vol 31, Issue 4

2016-10-10 Thread Doug Hellmann
If you feel like you have a unique take on it, I recommend exploring options with other publishing houses. If a topic is interesting enough, having competing books on the market isn’t a bad thing. Look at how many “learn to program” books there are, for example. > On Oct 10, 2016, at 3:27 PM, C

Re: [Python-authors] Python-authors Digest, Vol 31, Issue 4

2016-10-10 Thread Chalmer Lowe
Actually kinda nice to see this mailing list spring to some sort of life. I have been weighing my options in terms of trying to author something Python related, but the subject matter is escaping me. Every time I come across a topic that seems like a winner, I find that book with some other author