> you should know, that I have > contacted many publishers and I have been unable to find a publisher > that would allow me to publish the book and also allow me to release > it for free.
Massimo I'm confused. You say you were trying to find a publisher that would allow you to give away the soft copy (I assume then that arrangement still satisfies your academic requirements). But when I suggested that same arrangement you got quite defensive... Did you approach Apress? The online Django book was published by Apress. Baron On Apr 6, 3:22 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > First of all this question pops up almost weekly and I have responded > many times. Anyway, I am going to respond once more, but please first > ask yourself: > > How do you earn your leaving? Why don't you work for free? > > I do not make money from the book (just enough to pay for web2py > expenses, like the web2py pycon hats) but I make money as a professor > (in order to pay my mortgage and feed my family). In my job I get > evaluated yearly for my publications not for the open source code I > write. The printed book counts as a publication and partially accounts > for the time I spend on web2py. Moreover a printed book gives web2py > a certain weight among professionals (who understands that not > everything comes for free). Finally, you should know, that I have > contacted many publishers and I have been unable to find a publisher > that would allow me to publish the book and also allow me to release > it for free. This is not a book written by the community and there are > books on Django, Rails, TG, etc, that do not have a free online > version. The creators of Django make money from software development > and consulting. For them the book is publicity. > > I find very odd that you ask me to justify why not everything I do is > free. I guess I could change the business model, give the book for > free, quit my job and charge you to answer your questions about > web2py. > > Massimo > > On Apr 5, 6:54 pm, Baron <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Massimo you should place some really deep and exact explanation about > > > the book status and reasons why it is not free to the website..:) > > > agreed - why does Massimo never weigh in on these threads? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
