[Python-authors] what should we do with this list?

[Steve Holden]

Remembering my own experiences, I never thought to research whether there
were any Python author resources before I started writing "Python Web
Programming" all those years ago. I wonder if there's somewhere in the
PSF's web presence the list could be effectively marketed.

Apart from that it would be interesting to try a monthly tweet along the
lines of

    Thinking about writing a @Python-reltaed book? Contact the
#python-authors list at ...

But if nobody has the time to perform the resultant tasks, the list would
probably be better fading away.

S

Steve Holden

On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com> wrote:

> I haven’t done much with marketing lately, because I haven’t had time to
> focus on making the list an active community. Maybe someone else has more
> time and interest to do that?
>
> Doug
>
> > On Oct 8, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Brian Jones <bkjones at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure. When I joined, I expected to see more questions from new
> > authors, requests from editors or publishers, etc., but I can't recall
> > any of that really happening, and certainly not over the past couple
> > of years. I thought a list like this could be valuable, but perhaps
> > the community is showing us otherwise.
> >
> > What I *don't* know is how the list is 'marketed'. If there aren't
> > multiple ways to find the list, then this would be expected. I'll
> > admit that I have probably not mentioned this list to anyone in the
> > past couple of years - out of sight out of mind I guess.
> >
> > brian
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com>
> wrote:
> >> We started this list back in 2009 as a way for new and experienced
> authors writing about Python to share with each other. The list has been
> largely dormant since then. Many of you may not even remember subscribing
> to it. Most of the traffic I have seen over the last couple of years is
> related to moderating new members asking to join.
> >>
> >> Should we keep the list active?
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
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