Web2py is getting more impressive by the day, and it's great that the documentation is even better now. Unfortunately, the PDF on sale at Lulu.com is apparently still the old 2nd edition. Is there any way to get or buy a PDF of the current draft of the 3rd edition?
The tech book industry is increasingly making draft versions of books available for comment and for purchase as soon as possible, e.g. PragProg Beta Books: http://pragprog.com/frequently-asked-questions/beta-books O'Reilly Open Feedback Publishing System: http://labs.oreilly.com/ofps.html Manning Early Access Program: http://www.manning.com/about/meap.html Why not do the same with the web2py book, instead of forcing eager buyers to wait until the final version of the 3rd edition is finished? Also, many people now prefer to do all their technical reading in ebook format, so making the book available in .mobi and .epub formats as well as in pdf would be a smart move. Finally, even though I personally can see the value of paying $12.50 for the current version of the web2py book (if it was available, which is not the case), many people can't or won't. I really feel that the fact that the PDF version of the book isn't available for free hampers adoption of web2py. Good as web2py is, the truth is that Django dominates in terms of users and mindshare in the Python community. If you want to change that, giving the book away couldn't hurt. Web2py is obviously a labour of love, and I can't imagine that you get more than meager earnings from the PDF sales at Lulu.com. Obviously, everybody has to pay the bills, but you can probably earn more from consulting work if web2py became more popular than you ever will from the PDF sales. Thanks for all your hard work on web2py! Regards, --Tiago Henriques PS: you might want to hire a top-notch web designer to turn the web2py pages into something a bit trendier and sexier. Your web design skills are clearly superior to mine, but sometimes you just gotta hand it to the pros.
