On 22 Jul 98, at 16:36, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
> > it certainly would be "quicker to market" if interested folks each took
> > a chapter <g> ... moreover, while such an effort would definitely
> > require an editor [and wouldn't generate a lot of $ to the many authors]
> > I think that having a group of consultants collaborate and agree [or
> > disagree] on different web issues would be a valuable book.
> >
> > i'm game <g> ...
>
> I'm game, too. It would have to be quick to market, for sure. Then again,
> there are many sites on the web that already do that kind of thing:
> collect writing from various authors and stick them under one roof, with a
> "stamp of approval". I don't hear about them publishing books very often
> (though webmonkey couled probably put together a rather good one). Maybe
> there's a reason? Could there be a collaborative web site in this list's
> future?
>
> Picture a few editors, a few dozen or more writers and maybe a
> collaboratively set agenda, maybe even a wish list: "I need a basic
> introduction to Perl", "Can someone help me write a custom Cold Fusion
> tag?", "How do you set Cookies using Javascript", etc.
Sounds like a good idea. I keep planning on sending a copy of
every post to a cgi that will extract who it was from, subject and
body (and try to gut non-essentials like sigs). And then I store it in
a database. Gee... sounds sort of like dejanews. Its not all that
hard to setup ... just give me a few hours.
I was also thinking the book would be in a more personal vein. I
would expect the list members to almost take on a personality as
the book progressed. I like the books from ORA that I have read
where the author interjects his personality. Greenspun's "Database
-Backed websites.." was another example.
Peter
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