Wolfgang M. Bereuter wrote: > On the list are some great german speaking rev/MC gurus and/or malt > drinkers;).. so if one of them could help a bit than maybe we get a > great thing to learn rev... > > Just an idea; what do you -everybody here on the list is invited to- > think about it..?
While I don't speak German, I do appreciate a good malt. :) I would love nothing more than to spend half my working hours crafting learning materials for scripters, but alas I have yet to come up with the business model to make that practical. I've asked my landlord if he would consider offering open source housing, but he doesn't seem quick to jump on that bandwagon. :) My limited experience with printed books supports what most tech authors will tell you: given the effort and materials needed to produce a good book they rarely deliver enough revenue to break even, with most publishing houses relying on a few great sellers to subsidize the majority of their catalog. For the writer, unless a book hits a second printing they will usually make something that beaks down to being close to minimum wage. And in the tech world, where new software versions give a shorter shelf life to tech books than nearly any other genre, it is extremely rare that a second printing will occur. I have no doubt that as Rev's audience continues to grow by leaps and bounds the opportunities for publishing will grow right along with it. But for the near term, while printed books have many advantages, it seems more worthwhile focusing on electronic learning materials. In addition to being more enviro-friendly than a dead-trees version that lives only a few months, along with that comes a much lower production and distribution cost, and the work can be delivered piecemeal rather than needing everything done at once. Fortunately the production of such things is something Rev is particularly good at. To encourage this sort of thing I've added a "Tutorials" section to the RevNet Stacks listing. I've begun work on a simple shell project that can be used for tutorials, and will be a tutorial itself -- on how to make tutorials. :) But we needn't wait for that: if any of the readers of this list have insights to share with newcomers, please consider making a tutorial stack or a Web page to share that knowledge. If you're a consultant, I can tell you that, judging from my hits logs, there are definite benefits to having Rev-related materials on your site -- seems RunRev's marketing is raising interest in Rev rather well, as I see a month-to-month increase in hits from search engines for Rev-related searches. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
