David,
I see your point. I must have had one of those negative moments <s>.
I am positive it would be profitable for a publisher (like HWP) to publish a new VFP9 book, not very profitable but still profitable.

New technology is making making short run / ondemand printing more and more profitable and a normal person can not tell the difference between the quality for a book printed on a large offset press and a relatively small digital press.

Publishing a VFP book (or any other topic for that matter) does not mean that you have to conatact a printer. Books in electronic format are cheap (free) to reproduce, but I don't know how well they sell.

I would be one of the first in line to buy a "What's new in VFP9" book. Lets hope someone publishes a vfp9 book, but until then I just have to keep up with the vfp9 information here on UT and the information from Ken Levy et. al. and from various magazines (kudos to all of you).


Einar

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>You never know... I didn't think I'd ever see a VFP-related book from a major publisher, but there is Les Pinter's book, published by Sams or Que -- don't remember for sure which one, but they are both part of the same company.
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>I have heard rumblings that someone might be working on a book related to VFP9, and I have been exploring the possibilities of some book publishing. Some authors also might be looking into self-publishing or forming some kind of consortium (that's just speculation).
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>The key to it is a compelling topic, author(s) willing to take a chance, a publishing model based on short-run commitments, as well as some type of well-established distribution channel.
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>Time will tell. I think the more important and interesting questions from my point of view are:
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>1) what type of VFP 9 book would appeal to the largest possible audience? (Overview What's New type, Reference Guide type, Code Examples type narrowly focused on a part of the product, etc)
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>2) what price are you willing to pay for great technical info
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>3) what topics have not yet been covered in great detail already?
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>Several books on the Reporting System could probably be written, but how many people would buy them?