On 23/08/2006, at 6:20 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:
On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Michael Warner wrote:
I found this post to be one of the most spot on. Senior WO
developers have stepped up on the list, post WWDC 2006. That is
both praiseworthy and
reassuring. Yet the fact remains that apart from the important
issues of lack of marketing and of built-in, up-to-date user-
interface and other convenience tools,
the difficulty of learning adequate and best-practice ways of
manipulating existing code, for the beginning or journeyman WO
developer, remains a paramount
consideration.
If I may wax old-school for a moment -- actual, physical books can
make a huge difference in this situation.
I will argue (from some experience) that the situation makes a big
difference in publishers wanting to publish books. Books on WO and
Wonder are not going to make them popular. WO and Wonder being
popular will drive the demand for books which will then get
written. Publishers don't like to invest money in books if they
don't have a reasonable expectation of selling them.
If the objective is not simply to have books on shelves, but rather
to provide a source of published quality material that the WO
community at large can purchase hard copies off, an alternative would
be to develop the said publication(s), either privately or as a
community and use a Print-On-Demand service like Lulu.com instead of
a traditional publisher.
The decision then just lies with the author(s) as to whether they
believe there will be enough demand for such material to sufficiently
remunerate them for their efforts.
--
Seeya...Q
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