Apache Zest in Action

[Jiri Jetmar <ju...@gmail.com>]

Hi Gang,

just a short note - I will have on Monday, 11am EST a call with the
"Manning Publications"
regarding a possible publication of a "Apache Zest in Action" book.

This is the first call and I guess it goes more in a direction like how
does the process
look like, structures, etc. as well as legal aspects. I;m not experienced
in this field
and there I want to use this call to get more informations.

>From my perspective the lack of documentation prevents lots of developers
to join the Zest
community. Therefore having such a .. in Action book would be a step in the
right direction.

I have also a huge respect to start such a project and therefore I;m
thinking more
on a community effort. Having 2-4 co-authors will both decrease the effort
for a single author
and (hopefully) increase the quality for the entire book.

Ideas / comments ?

Thank you.

Cheers,
Jiri

Re: Apache Zest in Action

[Niclas Hedhman <ni...@hedhman.org>]

It is indeed a large effort.
I have been involved in 3 books (reviewer and small content provider), and
it is not fun to underestimate the effort.

Manning has a bunch of papers that describe exactly what will happen. It is
not a given that they will publish a book, just because we are an Apache
project.

I am a bit surprised that Manning hasn't sent the written material before
any phone call. That would make it easier to prepare for the call...

Cheers
Niclas

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Jiri Jetmar <ju...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> just a short note - I will have on Monday, 11am EST a call with the
> "Manning Publications"
> regarding a possible publication of a "Apache Zest in Action" book.
>
> This is the first call and I guess it goes more in a direction like how
> does the process
> look like, structures, etc. as well as legal aspects. I;m not experienced
> in this field
> and there I want to use this call to get more informations.
>
> From my perspective the lack of documentation prevents lots of developers
> to join the Zest
> community. Therefore having such a .. in Action book would be a step in the
> right direction.
>
> I have also a huge respect to start such a project and therefore I;m
> thinking more
> on a community effort. Having 2-4 co-authors will both decrease the effort
> for a single author
> and (hopefully) increase the quality for the entire book.
>
> Ideas / comments ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cheers,
> Jiri
>



-- 
Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer
http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java