Bloom, Jon, KE3Z wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
> I'd be interested to know if the ARRL would be interested in
> publishing something of this nature?
BJ > Quite possibly, particularly if what we are talking about is
BJ > just using existing PostScript and wrapping some cover art
BJ > around the book. It also depends to some degree on how large
BJ > the book would be. Large, low-volume books are problematic. But
BJ > a book of, say, 100 to 200 pages would probably be viable. We
BJ > would need details before making a commitment, of course.
There have been attempts to do this sort of thing before, most notably Bruce
Perens' "Linux for Hams" project. What really worries me is that a decent book
of 100-200 pages on using Linux for ham radio would tend to be too short, and a
proper treatment would take at least six months to write -- by which time it
would be largely out of date. The shorter the book, the more quickly it could
be produced and the more frequently it could be updated. It should certainly
come with a CD-ROM. The speed at which Linux evolves is going to force some
new ways of thinking about publishing.
-- Mike
