Thanks for the feedback.
Ah... those magic words: "When it's done"!
In all honesty my book will never be "done" - in the sense that Solr will
never be "done". This is the problem with a print book - it's "finished",
literally and figuratively.
We have 4.3.1, with 4.4 coming soon, then... I would expect several releases
by the end of the year.
This is why I was thinking of the subscription model or an "annual" price.
I'll complete coverage in... four to 15 months, depending on... everything.
Four months is unlikely. Maybe I'll be at 80% in six months. But... my goal
is not 100% coverage ASAP, but 100% depth on each of the areas I do cover.
The Manning book is 475 pages. I'm at 1,100 and counting. I may or may not
be half done. Maybe 1,800 minimum to 2,200 total for "fisnishing" coverage
of all or at least most Solr topics.
I was thinking that if it had been a traditional print book at 1,200 pages,
maybe $80. Maybe $25 each for four to six volumes. Somewhere in that
ballpark - when the coverage is "done".
Then there is online access. I have that internally on the publishing system
and it looks great, but I'm still trying to figure out the business model
there.
The combo pricing sounds quite reasonable, but I don't have that packaging
readily available at this time.
I am holding out the multi-volume bound book as a strong contender down the
road, but I'm not convinced that it will be a slam dunk. It may be true that
particular subsets of the book could stand alone as bound books.
-- Jack Krupansky
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Heisey
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 12:49 PM
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: The book: Solr 4.x Deep Dive - Early Access Release #1
On 6/21/2013 7:04 AM, Jack Krupansky wrote:
None of this is cast in stone. My current thought is to publish this
initial release at $4.99 or $7.99, and then set a revised price for the
second or third release.
Recently, I bought this book:
http://www.manning.com/grainger/
I did the MEAP plus print option, for $50. I get all the updates and
new content as they put them up at no additional charge. When it's
done, they will ship me a bound book.
That seems reasonable for a 'whole package' ... what do you think you'd
charge for the same deal?
Thanks,
Shawn
