Fellow Perl Educators,
I'm about to submit a proposal for a Perl book to O'Reilly, and I'd
ideally like to have them publish it. That's because the O'Reilly
authors I know tell me they're not only good people to work with,
but their market-leading sales help amplify the royalty stream.
In contrast, I've been warned that I might not even get "minimum
wage" for the hours I put into my book with some of the other
publishers out there. (And I seem to recall Randal remarking in
this forum that, Camels and Cookbooks aside, Perl book-writing is
better viewed as a charitable contribution than a money-making venture).
So it's good that money isn't my primary objective in this project.
I'd be happy just to make a contribution to the community, and get
some "free" advertising for my company in the process.
But, on the other hand, it sure would help to justify the time away
from my "real life" to know that there might also be some revenues
coming in later. 8-}
Anyway, back to my point. I realize that, for a variety of reasons,
I might not get my first choice of O'Reilly as a publisher. So my
question is, which publisher would be second best, third best, etc.
The criteria by which I'm currently considering "best-osity"
(ouch!) would include a competent Perl-aware editorial staff,
help with diagrams (do they still do that in the industry?),
adequate promotion of the product, honestly keeping their side of
the bargain, etc.
Am I leaving out any important criteria?
Which publishers get your vote for second-Nth best ?
-Tim
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