In article <9ai305$so3$1 at panix2.panix.com>, Aahz Maruch <aahz at panix.com> wrote: >In article <03BA7FF29A7003C0.58A7996FD1867709.07757E6DB814C605 at lp.airnews.net>, >Cameron Laird <claird at starbase.neosoft.com> wrote: >> >>Here's a hazard of concision: it abbreviates sometimes to confusion. >>I think a "40 page 'python in depth' treatise" would be *snapped up* >>at retail, even at $10 or 20 US. The market to which Fredrik is >>apparently referring is that of either the publishers or distributors, >>who find this sort of innovation anathema. > >Ever since I saw _Borland C++ for Dummies_, I have concluded that >*nothing* is truly anathema to computer book publishers. . . . Incidentally, as no one else has called me on this, I need to make it explicit: my own posting abbreviated. It would be easy to conclude from what I'd written that I can only whine about publishers, and lump them all in the same dark kettle. I do recognize several are inno- vative, and a few courageous. I generalized. -- Cameron Laird <claird at NeoSoft.com> Business: http://www.Phaseit.net Personal: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html
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