[erlang-questions] ANN: Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP by O'Reilly

[Zachary Kessin]

It generally a percentage of the sale price (more for the ebook 
actually). That being said no one gets rich writing books on Erlang. I 
just got my most recent royalty check for my book and well, I could buy 
a car with it (and by that I mean a toy car for my kids!)

That being said if you buy the early release you will also get the 
updates and the final book

--Zach

On 7/8/14, 9:41 PM, Lee Sylvester wrote:
> Well that’s the thing.  I’d hazard a guess (and could be wrong) that Francesco’s and Steve’s contract offers them $1 for every printed book sold and 50 cents for every ebook.
>
> Was I close?   ;-)
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> On 8 Jul 2014, at 19:39, Raoul Duke <raould@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> i haven't looked at the books here, but having been somebody who
>> produced things and wondered how anybody could ever make a living at
>> it, and knowing that writers throughout history rarely made much after
>> the publisher etc. got a cut, i didn't have the same reaction to the
>> $50 price tag. can't say i'd *spend* the $50 since i'm broke and
>> there's a zillion other things to spend $50 on first. i'd try to get
>> it via inter library loan or something :-).
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Francesco Cesarini
>> <francesco@REDACTED> wrote:
>>> Alas, that is how O'Reilly price their books. Having a high price and then
>>> discounting is not the approach I would pick. That is why discount codes are
>>> being handed out on public mailing lists and social media. I recommend you
>>> use them (Read, no one pays full price for an O'Reilly book). As an unedited
>>> book, the cost is for the final book which we hope will complement what is
>>> already out there. It is a different approach to OTP in action. One I've
>>> been using for 15 years when teaching OTP.
>>>
>>> /F
>>>
>>> On 08/07/2014 19:14, Lee Sylvester wrote:
>>>> Wow, $50?  Yeah, that is steep.  If this were some black arts compiler
>>>> book or video encoding bible, then that would be something else.  But a book
>>>> on Erlang/OTP just doesn’t fall into that bracket…
>>>>
>>>> I may wait til it falls in the bargain bucket ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Lee
>>>>
>>>>   On 8 Jul 2014, at 19:08, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@REDACTED>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8 Jul 2014, at 16:05, Francesco Cesarini
>>>>> <francesco@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a shameless plug. Steve Vinoski and I are working on a book focused on
>>>>>>> distributed, scalable systems with OTP. It is available from O'Reilly as an
>>>>>>> Early Release from their website. The first eight chapters we released cover
>>>>>>> (in great detail) all other behaviours. We started writing, and before we
>>>>>>> knew it, we had several hundred pages on behaviours alone. Last week, two
>>>>>>> new chapters, including the Introduction & Special processes and
>>>>>>> Implementing your own behaviours were released. We are now focusing on
>>>>>>> release handling (hgg), code upgrade and architectural patterns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is available is an unedited draft, with new chapters and
>>>>>>> improvements published as they become available. You can find more info
>>>>>>> here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024149.do?intcmp=il-prog-books-videos-product-intsrch_erlang_ct
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you use discount code authd, you will get 50% off the Early Release,
>>>>>>> and 40% on pre-orders of the the printed copy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looking forward to your feedback,
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Not for nothing, but $50 for the undedited work-in-progress seems a bit
>>>>> steep (and yes, I saw the discount code).  I also note that "rough cuts"
>>>>> aren't included in my Safari subscription.
>>>>>
>>>>> Usual practice that I've seen is for works-in-progress to be free, with
>>>>> tools that support comments from early readers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds interesting - but, from the TOC (all that's available without
>>>>> paying), it sure looks like it covers the same ground as "Erlang and OTP in
>>>>> Action."
>>>>>
>>>>> Miles Fidelman
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra
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