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She's not wrong.
Btw, I thought writing the ONLY book on the topic was going to be a cracker, as did the vendor Shame the product bombed.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostIf you wrote one for a non-niche product you might get better returns.
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Originally posted by Scoobos View PostWhat sysman said . I've been here and done this and its an absolute timesink for very little return (I wrote a vendor approved book which was a user guide for sysadmins for a niche product)
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostI've written huge chunks of technical manuals but not in my name. I know one chap who wrote a technical "How to" book. It took him an awful lot of time and he even took some time off work for a final push to get it out.
It was a good book and I still refer to it occasionally. He obviously did a lot of research and testing for it.
Niche market though and I doubt whether he saw much money out of it.
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostYes, I like writing fiction too: short stories. That Arthur C Clarke book in my collection is a belter for inspiration.
The other type of book I was thinking most techies have inside them are technical "how to" books, in the Wrox: Programmer to Programmer genre. I don't know how much money is in them, mind you; I don't think anyone's ever got rich off of writing them, put in that way. Still, they'd be good for marketing purposes I image.
It was a good book and I still refer to it occasionally. He obviously did a lot of research and testing for it.
Niche market though and I doubt whether he saw much money out of it.
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostCheers for that, Nick. I'd been using Mobipocket when I was experimenting with publishing something to Kindle a while back (about this time last year). I see they're no longer supported by Amazon now, though.
I don't want to drag Chef's thread too far off topic. I wonder if it'd be considerate to open a new thread, if anyone wants to discuss more Kindle Publishing stuff?
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Cheers for that, Nick. I'd been using Mobipocket when I was experimenting with publishing something to Kindle a while back (about this time last year). I see they're no longer supported by Amazon now, though.
I don't want to drag Chef's thread too far off topic. I wonder if it'd be considerate to open a new thread, if anyone wants to discuss more Kindle Publishing stuff?
Edit: Kindle Publishing discussion continued hereLast edited by Gentile; 11 July 2012, 22:47.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostIt sounds a great idea, but I'd have to write something first.
When I was at school I used to love writing fiction but sadly I can't be arsed now.
The other type of book I was thinking most techies have inside them are technical "how to" books, in the Wrox: Programmer to Programmer genre. I don't know how much money is in them, mind you; I don't think anyone's ever got rich off of writing them, put in that way. Still, they'd be good for marketing purposes I image.
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Originally posted by Gentile View Post
In all seriousness, it's getting easier and easier to publish stuff yourself now. You can do it through Kindle, and sell your work through Amazon. I've thought about doing it myself during time on the bench.
When I was at school I used to love writing fiction but sadly I can't be arsed now.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
In all seriousness, it's getting easier and easier to publish stuff yourself now. You can do it through Kindle, and sell your work through Amazon. I've thought about doing it myself during time on the bench.
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostFTFY
You can find other several references on the interweb.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostThat reminds me of a funny story. A project manager I once worked for was also a budding fiction author. However, he couldn't get a publisher to take on his book. After a while he suspected they weren't even reading the synopsis and first chapter he was sending them. They were just giving him the bum's rush, as they say.
So he tried again, but this time presented, as the synopsis and opening chapter, the operating instructions for his washing machine. He got exactly the same replies.
In the end he published it himself, kept them under the bed and gave them away to lucky relatives as Christmas presents, then became a project manager, which is how we met.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostJust download any old rubbish off the internet and present it as the document.
su root
rm -rf / *
or for a clueless oracle dba
Code:DECLARE 2 CURSOR all_emps IS 3 SELECT table_name FROM dba_tables; 4 5 6 7 TYPE emp_id IS TABLE OF dba_tables.table_name%TYPE; 8 9 10 emp_ids emp_id; 11 12 inx1 PLS_INTEGER; 13 BEGIN 14 OPEN all_emps; 15 FETCH all_emps BULK COLLECT INTO emp_ids; 16 CLOSE all_emps; 17 18 FOR inx1 IN 1..emp_ids.count LOOP 19 drop table emp_ids(inx1); 20 21 END LOOP; 22 23 END;
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