Re: New Books on Ada

[Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <98oirs$a70$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> writes:
> I have no clue as to how much money textbooks of this sort make for the
> authors. I've heard that quite often the $$$ value of publishing a technical
> (college course level) book is pretty small. It might be the sort of thing
> that would be more valuable from a "promotional" point of view if it were
> freely available as a download from the Internet. (Assuming the author's
> name is prominent in the text and it gets used in a lot of classes &
> contexts, it makes the author that much more of a widely recognized expert -
> moreso than might already be the case. :-)

I am always happy to pay for a book I want -- the only reason I responded
to the initial post (possibly not from a regular participant) was that
I wanted to debunk the claim that these were all "new" books.  I am not
particularly dissatisfied with the Ada books I already own, but someone
who proclaims a "new" list not much longer than my own holdings certainly
is aiming low.