Re: Periodical Publication of comp.database.informix

Cesar Urquidez wrote: > > I am trying to find out how much interest there would be > in publishing a book based on content from the comp.database.informix > newsgroup. > > As an Informix programmer, I rely on many sources to help me with > my work. I have found the number of books on informix relatively > scarce and expensive compared to other RDBMS. > > I have read the comp.database.informix newsgroup on > and off over the last few years and have found the information > contributed by its users extremely valuable. > In the past, I have preached the benefits of of the newsgroups to my > employers and clients. Having access to the newsgroups for the IS staff > would > pay for itself many times over. However for a variety of reasons > access is not always possible. > > I, personally, go tired of staring at a monitor for 12 hours a day. > This is when I came up with the idea of printing a reference book > based on the content of the informix newsgroup. This would allow me > to peruse it at my leisure and not be tied to a computer and phone line. > This book is for my own use and will not violate anyone's copyrights. > > however, I am pondering if this type of book would be of any use to > anyone else in the informix community? I am trying to compess a year's > worth of postings into 500 pages. The book would have indexes on > subject lines, names of the posters, and other key words. > > In publishing this book for others I believe I would need to obtain > permission from > all the posters as well as the informix organizations involved. > > As a way to be fair to all, I thought about reward mechanism where those > postings that > were published would share in the profits from the sale of the book and > at the same > time encourage others to share their solutions. > > I have noted that many of the posters are consultants or belong to third > party software development companies. As a second reward for their > postings, they would > get free advertising in the book. > > Please note that I am not out to unjustly enrich myself from other > people's efforts, but that I am trying to make available information > that newsgroup users take for > granted available to those who may not have access. > > For this project to take place, I need to have an idea of how many > people would be > interested in it. Would they buy such a book. Would users give > permission for their > postings to be published. What type of publication restrictions should > exist? > > I would like to get a major publisher interested in making this book > available at a > a decent price $30 -$50? (Remember its a years worth of postings) > > Please email me at cesaru@www.dfwmm.net > > Thank you, > > Cesar Urquidez Dont they call that an FAQ :-)