From: Simen Edvardsen <toalett@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T23:35:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly

On 9/23/06, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> writes:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm curious how many people out there have had a Ruby book proposal
> > rejected by O'Reilly & Associates in the last three years, what your
> > subject was, when you proposed it, and the person whom you dealt with
> > (i.e. who specifically rejected your proposal).
>
> Are you gonna write "Mastering O'Reilly Book Rejections"?  Or
> "Head-first Becoming an Unemployed Book Author"? :-P
>

How about "Writing a Book for O'Reilly (And Have It Rejected!) in a Nutshell"?

Also, someone should write a for beginners book about writing books
for beginners. That would be funny just for the meta-ness of it.

> Then, I'd be curious about the number of Ruby book proposals to
> publishers myself...
>
> --
> Christian Neukirchen  <chneukirchen@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org
>
>


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- Simen