> Perhaps the authors of the first Cocoon books could tell us
> whether they got any new business from writing the books?
> That might encourage more people to write Cocoon books.
>
I hear the call :-)
Ok, first thing to say is that the IT book market is still a mess at the
moment (as it has been for the past 2-3 years). Publishers are very wary
about bringing out new books (especially on non-mainstream subjects). Also,
especially in the US, many publishers have merged their inprints - meaning
that some (such as Pearson) ended up with a couple of Cocoon books (for
example). This means that some books on a particular subject have fallen by
the wayside. Our Cocoon book is an example. Our last information from the
publisher was that there are no plans to do a new version - even though we
may perhaps want to.
Writing a book (an IT one especially) is - as Erik Hatcher wrote [1] - "one
of life's greatest sacrifices"
While you shouldn't think of writing an IT book to get rich (although a few
may), it can certainly help to make you (or your company) known as someone
with know-how on the subject ("personal marketing" if you will). In the end
we did get a bit of business from the book but certainly not very much. To
that respect I would think that articles in key IT magazines (and the online
versions) are more worthwhile at the moment.
Your mileage may of course vary.
Matthew
[1] - http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1239
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