I suppose the main other requirements are "writing ability", "technical ability" and last but not least, "money". I may be mistaken about this, but I doubt income from writing tech books is sufficient to live on.

-Mary

If the book encourages growth in the Twisted community (users and developers), then the number of businesses whose IT managers may (as a result of reviewing the book) decide to use Twisted in the enterprise could increase, and this increase usage means that there would likely be more money flowing into the Twisted community and thus opportunities for those with Twisted expertise who would like to make a living in such a manner. Thus, a book should be looked at as an investment with future returns beyond merely what the publisher and authors earn on cash flows from the cash registers of Amazon, Borders, Barnes and Noble, et al. Come on, lets have some future vision. I already picked the animal for the Twisted O'Reilly book cover (the Ghost Knife Fish of the Amazon river basin :-) Availability of books written by authors in the deep throes of knowledge on the subject (Glyph, Itamar, Radix, et al) also lend even more credibility to the framework. Just ask Zoteca (IMHO they were ahead of their time and had a big marketing challenge and on top of that in a down market in 2002 after the dot com crash). Anyway, I'd love to see a book emerge on Twisted. Calling on Glyph. Calling on Itamar! Calling on Radix! You guys are awesome and that applause at OSCON is not a fluke, it is well deserved. Best wishes, Serg _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail