Thank you very much for the vote of confidence Gavin. Hopefully it ends up to your liking! And hopefully I can get a foreword for the book 😊
--Matt -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Ray <ray.gavi...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 2:19 PM To: dev <dev@arrow.apache.org> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] A book about Apache Arrow Nevermind, I'm a bit slow -- the ToC is at the bottom of the Amazon description. On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 2:17 PM Gavin Ray <ray.gavi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry to derail the thread a bit -- the book looks great and based on > the author/reviewers & summary I've ordered a copy. > Not a big deal but just curious whether there's a preview > available/table-of-contents though? I didn't see one on either Amazon > or Packt. > > Thanks =) > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:26 PM Matthew Topol <mto...@factset.com> wrote: > >> I was wondering who they got as the technical reviewer! Haha. They >> never told me who they got, they just pass along the comments. >> >> Allow me to formally thank you for that! 😊 >> >> --Matt >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James Duong <jam...@bitquilltech.com.INVALID> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 1:03 PM >> To: dev <dev@arrow.apache.org> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] A book about Apache Arrow >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> FYI I'm currently a reviewer on this book already. >> >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 9:51 AM Matthew Topol <mto...@factset.com> wrote: >> >> > Hey All, >> > >> > I've been writing a book on Apache Arrow for Packt (packtpub.com) >> > and it's in the final stages of revising and editing etc. The >> > publisher, Packt, asked if I could reach out to Arrow PMC members >> > for a couple >> reasons: >> > >> > >> > 1. To potentially have an Arrow PMC member write a Foreword for >> > the book, which would improve visibility of the book. >> > 2. To see if any PMC members would agree to do a review of the >> > book prior to its release (currently it is planned to be eBook >> > ready by May 13th with a print launch on June 17th) >> > 3. And to see if there could be any partnering / coordinating >> > with Packt to create a potential "Community Edition" / provide >> > discount codes/free copies to members of the Arrow Community along >> > with social media announcements and so on. >> > >> > If anyone is interested please reply and let me know! The book is >> > already listed on Amazon and Barnes & Noble for Pre-order ( >> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Analytics >> > -Ap >> > ache-Arrow-hierarchical-dp-1801071039/dp/1801071039/__;!!PBKjc0U4!L >> > vfQ >> > YRdrUMyrpfWh-giy7Dd5ylHuZrRcS0BBY_12Da4p5bJc7Idb1vgtN4L_dEC2vHLTMVP >> > QJX >> > YrCBMDcaT0X3HxOQ$ >> > ). >> > >> > Thanks much for your time everyone! Hope to hear back from someone soon. >> > >> > Matthew Topol Vice President, Principal Software Architect >> > mto...@factset.com<mailto:mto...@factset.com> T 203.810.1804 >> > FactSet Research Systems >> > >> > >> >> -- >> >> *James Duong* >> Lead Software Developer >> Bit Quill Technologies Inc. >> Direct: +1.604.562.6082 | jam...@bitquilltech.com >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bitquilltech.com__;!!PBKjc0U4 >> !LvfQYRdrUMyrpfWh-giy7Dd5ylHuZrRcS0BBY_12Da4p5bJc7Idb1vgtN4L_dEC2vHLT >> MVPQJXYrCBMDcaQtRt9Ssw$ >> >> This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) >> and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. >> If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by >> reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. >> >
