Re: Future of the cookbook

I think the cookbook is also a great idea, I have a hard time getting anything done in Python without a copy handy.   Also agree on the O'Reilly thing, they seem to be interested only in things that are already commercially successful.  Maybe Apress, or Addison-Wesley?  I've done a few book reviews for A-W, so I've dealt with a few people there.  I know a couple people who've published for Apress, they're getting a reputation for being the publisher O'Reilly used to be.  And they've got 2 books on Common Lisp[1][2] in the pipeline.  However, it makes a big difference if we have the material already written, or mostly written, publication is a lot simpler then. 
  
Denver has a users group for Lisp and Scheme, though the Lispers outnumber the Schemers pretty heavily. 
  
[1] http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=263 
[2] http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=237 
  
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-----Original Message from MJ Ray <[email protected]>----- 
  
Hi all, 

I'm not reading plt-scheme right now, because life is busy. Is there 
an easy URL to the relevant discussion that someone can give me, 
please? 

I think updating the Cookbook is an excellent idea, but I have been 
put off because of the need to learn things I don't know and something 
I won't use commercially (WebIt). I have that and one other thing 
which I will help with if wanted. Does this mean it is wanted? 

On 2004-03-22 01:41:19 +0000 Noel Welsh <noelwelsh-/[email protected]> wrote: 

> [...] (so HtDP, published by 
> MIT Press, doesn't count as MIT Press doesn't even 
> sell to most bookstores). 

MIT Press is stocked by the bookshops in my nearest city (Cambridge), 
but not in this town. Hardly a surprise, as "for Dummies" is about the 
level of computer book stocked here. If we get the book right, 
promotion via user groups is one good way to go. 

> O'Reilly have published the 
> Python Cookbook so I don't think collaborative 
> development is a big problem if we get the licence 
> right. 

Lisps are on the O'Reilly blacklist, so that's probably never going to 
happen. http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/writeforus_1101.html 

Let's use a sane licence and get it printed by as many people as 
possible. 

Provincially, could we workshop this at a London meeting? Do 
Schematicians have links with other similar groups? 

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