> Packtpub, apparently an India-based published operation > concerned largely with computer stuff have asked me to be > involved in editing a publication.
They are India-based, but they do get technical books into retail. Ive seen plenty and read a couple - a Joomla book, plus another one. > Is opaque in the extreme: what discussion? where? and what on > earth would that actually tell you about either my ability to > review a publication or my academic bona fides vis-a-vis > computer programming. > > Now all they are offering me for my work seems to be a hard > copy of the book plus another from their "stable" of > publications. That is all very jolly, but it is not what > motivates me; what does is the fact that my c.v. has got a > bit thin on the ground recently, and the odd editorship > and/or publication would spice things up a bit when/if I > decide to apply for a new job. > > What I am really wondering is whether this will have any sort > of clout in a c.v at all, or is just a bit of fun to get a > couple of books. They aren't as well known as O'Reilley but they are willing to publish books on relatively new (or not that well known) technologies. Sometimes they get a bit spammy on promotions, but I lay that more to someone inside being assigned to promote a book and getting overzealous. It wouldn't look good if they paid you to review a book - getting a free copy is about what they can do. Its not like doctors going to pharma lectures ;-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software http://www.paradigmasoft.com Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode