So funny, Jay! My original idea for the book was a wiki, via dl and on portable media. This was 2003ish...
The book is a dog training book, and the reason for actual publishing has more to do with professional development/legitimacy than it does content delivery. In my field, dog training, one is just not respectable until one publishes a book or releases a DVD. Thanks for the reply. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > I thought I might ask for a bit of off topic advice here, as you all > > are on the cutting edge of tech... > > Anyone have thoughts suggestions on self publishing a book? > > Checking out Lulu and Amazon's Booksurge, but totally cursory at > this > > point in time... > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Not sure what topic you want to publish, but Ive often wondered why > people still publish paper books for technical topics. Think of all > the technical books that must get thrown away because they go out of > date so quickly. I know first hand since the videoblogging book I > co-wrote was going out-of-date during the 6 months from writing to > publishing. > > I assume with Lulu et al you can update the downloadable PDF. > > If I was to ever write a technical book again, I'd do it all online, > wikistyle. This way you could update it as needed...have clickable > links...and add whatever rich media is needed to make a point. > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://jaydedman.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
