> If an author (and presumably certain contacts at a > publisher) are under a NDA they can probably collaborate > together to write a book w/o an NDA violation. But, they > probably cannot send the book to a "print shop" while it > still contains NDA-related information. So, they have to > wait until the product is released (AKA NDA information > becomes public) before sending it to print. The process of > getting the books printed and circulated to book stores takes > time, and as such books do not hit the shelves at the same > time as the software is released.
That has not been my experience. I've seen many cases where books are available the day a product is released. The few books I've worked on have been this way, as well. In fact, nowadays it's not that uncommon to see a book on the shelf before the product is available! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:37/messageid:3006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:37 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
