From wescpy at gmail.com Wed Jan 13 09:51:17 2010 From: wescpy at gmail.com (wesley chun) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:51:17 -0800 Subject: [Python-authors] promoting your book(s) at PyCon Message-ID: <78b3a9581001130051l6b66f76rfab09b03ad649303@mail.gmail.com> howdy everyone, that time of year is coming around again (PyCon). as one of the door prize/raffle coordinators as well as trying to help setup the conference bookstore, i'm here to ask: authors: do you have any Python-flavored books that you wish to have sold at the conference bookstore and/or your publishers' contact info so i can ask them for your book(s) as door prizes? publishers/editors: do you have any Python-flavored books that you wish to have sold at the conference bookstore and/or that you can donate as door prizes? thanks! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com From fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk Wed Jan 13 11:16:52 2010 From: fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk (Michael Foord) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:16:52 +0000 Subject: [Python-authors] promoting your book(s) at PyCon In-Reply-To: <78b3a9581001130051l6b66f76rfab09b03ad649303@mail.gmail.com> References: <78b3a9581001130051l6b66f76rfab09b03ad649303@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B4D9D94.4020100@voidspace.org.uk> On 13/01/2010 08:51, wesley chun wrote: > howdy everyone, > > that time of year is coming around again (PyCon). as one of the door > prize/raffle coordinators as well as trying to help setup the > conference bookstore, i'm here to ask: > > authors: do you have any Python-flavored books that you wish to have > sold at the conference bookstore and/or your publishers' contact info > so i can ask them for your book(s) as door prizes? > For free copies of IronPython in Action to give away as prizes please contact: Jamie Taratoot Although I no longer work for them, last year Resolver Systems gave two free licenses as prizes. You could contact: Giles Thomas > publishers/editors: do you have any Python-flavored books that you > wish to have sold at the conference bookstore and/or that you can > donate as door prizes? > How do we get books sold at the conference bookstore? All the best, Michael Foord > thanks! > -- wesley > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 > "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 > http://corepython.com > > wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com > python training and technical consulting > cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca > http://cyberwebconsulting.com > _______________________________________________ > Python-authors mailing list > Python-authors at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors > -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (?BOGUS AGREEMENTS?) that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer. From doug.hellmann at gmail.com Sat Jan 16 23:09:31 2010 From: doug.hellmann at gmail.com (Doug Hellmann) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:09:31 -0500 Subject: [Python-authors] Charles Stross is using reStructuredText for his next book Message-ID: The sci-fi author Charles Stross is experimenting with using reStructuredText and vim to write his next book. The comment thread has some interesting details about using version control and other tools for authoring. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/01/writing-tools.html (hat-tip to Michael Foord for the link via twitter) From willg at bluesock.org Sun Jan 17 00:01:26 2010 From: willg at bluesock.org (will) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:01:26 -0500 Subject: [Python-authors] Charles Stross is using reStructuredText for his next book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B524546.6040905@bluesock.org> I can't remember if I mentioned it on the list or not, but in December, I finished a novel-ish book using restructuredText and Sphinx. I had to edit the LaTeX a little bit to fix a few things. The book came out pretty well. I wrote a blog entry about it here: http://bluesock.org/~willg/blog/content/teamdragon.html /will On 01/16/2010 05:09 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > The sci-fi author Charles Stross is experimenting with using > reStructuredText and vim to write his next book. The comment thread has > some interesting details about using version control and other tools for > authoring. > > http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/01/writing-tools.html > > (hat-tip to Michael Foord for the link via twitter) From wescpy at gmail.com Sun Jan 17 00:38:10 2010 From: wescpy at gmail.com (wesley chun) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:38:10 -0800 Subject: [Python-authors] Charles Stross is using reStructuredText for his next book In-Reply-To: <4B524546.6040905@bluesock.org> References: <4B524546.6040905@bluesock.org> Message-ID: <78b3a9581001161538m69eac04nae716faf6b69ec3c@mail.gmail.com> this is a trend. reST and sphinx are also the primary tools we'll be using for a 2nd edition of Python Web Development with Django when the time becomes appropriate. interestingly enough, i've got a talk which covers the use of open source tools in writing books with coming up at PyCon. i'd love to have your input, feedback, and participation if you're coming to Atlanta next month: http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/talks (scroll down to #40) this is reprisal of a similar talk i gave at OSCON last year but with more of a Python focus: http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8038 contact me off-list if you'd like me to discuss your use of open source tools with book creation. cheers, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 3:01 PM, will wrote: > I can't remember if I mentioned it on the list or not, but in December, I > finished a novel-ish book using restructuredText and Sphinx. ?I had to edit > the LaTeX a little bit to fix a few things. ?The book came out pretty well. > > I wrote a blog entry about it here: > > http://bluesock.org/~willg/blog/content/teamdragon.html > > /will > > > On 01/16/2010 05:09 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: >> >> The sci-fi author Charles Stross is experimenting with using >> reStructuredText and vim to write his next book. The comment thread has >> some interesting details about using version control and other tools for >> authoring. >> >> http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/01/writing-tools.html >> >> (hat-tip to Michael Foord for the link via twitter) From brandon at rhodesmill.org Fri Jan 22 06:17:45 2010 From: brandon at rhodesmill.org (Brandon Craig Rhodes) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:17:45 -0500 Subject: [Python-authors] upcoming themes in Python Magazine Message-ID: <87pr521zwm.fsf@rhodesmill.org> Intrepid Python authors - Hey! I'm Brandon, the Editor-in-Chief of Python Magazine. New this year, each month of Python Magazine will feature a theme. While this will not prevent us from having articles about lots of different topics in each issue, it will guide us in clustering a few of our big feature articles around a single topic. And, more importantly, it will give you - as a potential author - ideas about what to write about. Too often, folks with good writing potential bog down on the question of what Python topic, among the many available, they should write about. The issue topics are each designed to spark your interest and induce you to send me a proposal (just hit "reply"!) about what you might want to write about! To write for the February issue, since it's almost February, you would have to propose and write a 4,000 word article in about a week. Feel free to suggest something for February if you dare! But, most of you will want to think about March, April, and later months, reading over each topic and thinking: - "Which of my recent experiences would be fun to share, and would teach other Python programmers something interesting?" - "What's a technology that I have wanted to spend a bit more time getting, that writing a short article would give me an excuse (and incentive) to get to know better?" Without further ado, then, here the topics that I am planning for Python Magazine for the rest of 2010: * February: Web Frameworks * March: Games and Graphics * April: Writing Pythonic Code * May: Networks and Protocols * June: Scientific Computing * July: Robots and Peripherals * August: Tests and Testing Frameworks * September: Mashups and Web APIs * October: Database Programming * November: System Administration * December: Python Implementations Oh, and in case any of you are subscribers: we almost have the January issue of Python Magazine ready for release! Because of budgetary problems, the magazine will henceforth be a PDF-only periodical that you download each month from the web site; and, as part of the transition, the web site is in the middle of being re-done by the publisher and is, last I checked, a bare page. This should be replaced with a real web site in the next few days, and hopefully the appearance of the January issue will demonstrate that the publication is back on its feet. -- Brandon Craig Rhodes brandon at rhodesmill.org http://rhodesmill.org/brandon From mike at pythonlibrary.org Fri Jan 22 15:10:26 2010 From: mike at pythonlibrary.org (Mike Driscoll) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:10:26 -0600 Subject: [Python-authors] upcoming themes in Python Magazine In-Reply-To: <87pr521zwm.fsf@rhodesmill.org> References: <87pr521zwm.fsf@rhodesmill.org> Message-ID: <8188af0b1001220610j5315f11eubb31871d44202906@mail.gmail.com> Hi, On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Brandon Craig Rhodes < brandon at rhodesmill.org> wrote: > Intrepid Python authors - > > Hey! I'm Brandon, the Editor-in-Chief of Python Magazine. > > > > Oh, and in case any of you are subscribers: we almost have the January > issue of Python Magazine ready for release! Because of budgetary > problems, the magazine will henceforth be a PDF-only periodical that you > download each month from the web site; and, as part of the transition, > the web site is in the middle of being re-done by the publisher and is, > last I checked, a bare page. This should be replaced with a real web > site in the next few days, and hopefully the appearance of the January > issue will demonstrate that the publication is back on its feet. > > -- > Brandon Craig Rhodes brandon at rhodesmill.org > http://rhodesmill.org/brandon > _______________________________________________ > Well, I'm glad there's some word out there about what's going on. Maybe you can tell us what happened to the November, December and January issues? I got my October issue in December. Are the subscribers who bought the Print+PDF version getting refunded the difference or do they get an extra issue or two? 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This should be replaced with a real web > > site in the next few days, and hopefully the appearance of the January > > issue will demonstrate that the publication is back on its feet. > > > > -- > > Brandon Craig Rhodes brandon at rhodesmill.org > > http://rhodesmill.org/brandon > > _______________________________________________ > > > Well, I'm glad there's some word out there about what's going on. Maybe you > can tell us what happened to the November, December and January issues? I > got my October issue in December. Are the subscribers who bought the > Print+PDF version getting refunded the difference or do they get an extra > issue or two? > > +1 I personally would prefer to pay a few dollars extra each month and get a print edition as well. I read my magazine in the train/coffee shop and make notes on it. Come back to them later, add more notes, etc. Sure, that's last century behaviour, but was there some interaction with subscribers to see what they preferred? Great magazine, and I really appreciate the effort that goes into it. Kevin > Have a nice day. > > ----------------- > Mike Driscoll > > Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-authors/attachments/20100122/b977d441/attachment-0001.htm > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mike at pythonlibrary.org Sat Jan 23 17:54:58 2010 From: mike at pythonlibrary.org (Mike Driscoll) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:54:58 -0600 Subject: [Python-authors] upcoming themes in Python Magazine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8188af0b1001230854k5284b22byf0cdd910140092fc@mail.gmail.com> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Kevin Dunn wrote: > > Hi, >> >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Brandon Craig Rhodes < >> brandon at rhodesmill.org> wrote: >> >> > Intrepid Python authors - >> > >> > Hey! I'm Brandon, the Editor-in-Chief of Python Magazine. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > >> > Oh, and in case any of you are subscribers: we almost have the January >> > issue of Python Magazine ready for release! Because of budgetary >> > problems, the magazine will henceforth be a PDF-only periodical that you >> > download each month from the web site; and, as part of the transition, >> > the web site is in the middle of being re-done by the publisher and is, >> > last I checked, a bare page. This should be replaced with a real web >> > site in the next few days, and hopefully the appearance of the January >> > issue will demonstrate that the publication is back on its feet. >> > >> > -- >> > Brandon Craig Rhodes brandon at rhodesmill.org >> > http://rhodesmill.org/brandon >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> >> Well, I'm glad there's some word out there about what's going on. Maybe >> you >> can tell us what happened to the November, December and January issues? I >> got my October issue in December. Are the subscribers who bought the >> Print+PDF version getting refunded the difference or do they get an extra >> issue or two? >> >> +1 > > I personally would prefer to pay a few dollars extra each month and get a > print edition as well. I read my magazine in the train/coffee shop and make > notes on it. Come back to them later, add more notes, etc. Sure, that's > last century behaviour, but was there some interaction with subscribers to > see what they preferred? > > Great magazine, and I really appreciate the effort that goes into it. > Kevin > > Well, I've been a subscriber for almost 2 years and I didn't have any interaction whatsoever. They didn't even bother to tell us that they were locking us out of our accounts for two months while they "updated" their website. 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