"Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:eZ5wqKTUGHA.4340@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> As some of you may have noticed, the JavaScience web site is now offline
> (except for a basic home page).
> It has been suggested to me that I should author (or co-author) a book on
> the material therein (probably an "Interop Cookbook" type of publication).
>
> My initial thought was to simply sell the complete web site CD, including
> all
> tech. notes, source code, compiled code etc.  for a (imo) reasonable price
> :-)
>
> I'd like feedback from developers and others on how useful they view
> a book versus just the raw CD with the content.  Also, what is your
> threshold
> for "too expensive" ??  I realize that the content of that size was not
> particularly
> well organized .. but I preferred to make the content available quickly
> rather than
> spent a lot of time/effort organizing something that is destined to change
> anyway.
>
> Cheers,
> - Mitch Gallant
>    MVP Security
>    www.jensign.com
>
>

"Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" wrote:

> Hi Mitch,
>
> My instinct is that your website at the minimum needs to provide a directory
> of the information that would be available on the CD.  I don't think many
> people would consider buying it without knowing what is on it.  Anyone
> visiting the site for the first time would have no way to discover what was
> actually there.
>
> Personally, I think you might consider giving away most of the content for
> free, with some of the more polished apps going as shareware or something
> like that.  I believe that most of the content you have out there should be
> used as marketing credentials for your other consulting work.  I really
> don't think you'll make much money off of the website content no matter what
> you do.
>
> I like the idea of a book on this subject in general, but I don't think it
> should displace the website.
>
> Joe K.
>
> "Mitch Gallant" <jensigner@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eZ5wqKTUGHA.4340@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > As some of you may have noticed, the JavaScience web site is now offline
> > (except for a basic home page).
> > It has been suggested to me that I should author (or co-author) a book on
> > the material therein (probably an "Interop Cookbook" type of publication).
> >
> > My initial thought was to simply sell the complete web site CD, including
> > all
> > tech. notes, source code, compiled code etc.  for a (imo) reasonable price
> > :-)
> >
> > I'd like feedback from developers and others on how useful they view
> > a book versus just the raw CD with the content.  Also, what is your
> > threshold
> > for "too expensive" ??  I realize that the content of that size was not
> > particularly
> > well organized .. but I preferred to make the content available quickly
> > rather than
> > spent a lot of time/effort organizing something that is destined to change
> > anyway.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Mitch Gallant
> >    MVP Security
> >    www.jensign.com
> >
> >
>
>
>

> As some of you may have noticed, the JavaScience web site is now offline
> (except for a basic home page).
> It has been suggested to me that I should author (or co-author) a book on
> the material therein (probably an "Interop Cookbook" type of publication).
>
> My initial thought was to simply sell the complete web site CD, including all
> tech. notes, source code, compiled code etc.  for a (imo) reasonable price  :-)
>
> I'd like feedback from developers and others on how useful they view
> a book versus just the raw CD with the content.  Also, what is your threshold
> for "too expensive" ??  I realize that the content of that size was not particularly
> well organized .. but I preferred to make the content available quickly rather than
> spent a lot of time/effort organizing something that is destined to change anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>  - Mitch Gallant
>     MVP Security
>     www.jensign.com
>
>
>