Way certain publisher operates is:
- they are open to new, unproven authors, unlike other publishers ( to their
credit )
- they even provide some help ( credit again)
- they really try to come up with good new book
- nothing gets done & there is no quality control; there is no software
available and
people are advised to get anything out ("even if there is no software
available"; 'do you know how many books I wrote without having software' -
certain editor)
- then there is time crunch and junk is produced
- it is all numbers game; the only good thing about book is title and toc;
somebody will not check carefully ( more difficult now with Internet since
quite often you can't just go to the bookstore and browse ) and buy it ( I
did three times so far)
- they use very strong marketing; they are all over the Internet; titles and
big words are flashing ( no wonder, certain editor is Psychology and
Business major, which also reflects on quality of his technical work )
- I think it is all legal since there are no laws against Oracle books
dollar store shops
rm
On 11/14/05, Christian Antognini <Christian.Antognini_at_trivadis.com> wrote:
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> >I have downloaded few of your presentations from your site and they
> >are really excellent.
>
> Thanks a lot! If you are interested, a new one is online since Friday:
> http://www.trivadis.com/Images/CBOConfigurationRoadmap_tcm17-14317.pdf.
> Comments about it are highly welcome...
>
>
> HTH,
> Chris
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