It’s been a while since I’ve commented on the MythTV book project, so it’s worth a quick status update. We’re basically into the home straight now — we’ve decided what to cover in the book (which of course involves missing out on a few things which could be in there if we had infinite space…
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Book status
I was thinking about the delivery status of the MythTV book as I was going off to sleep last night, and it occurred to me that the book is pretty much done. It’s a good feeling. Stewart needs to finish poking a chapter on cut lists and so forth, with should be minimal effort, then…
Cat, bag, out
So, I guess the cat is out of the bag then… Stewart and I are working on the finishing stages of a book on MythTV. Amazon now has it listed for pre-order. [btags:]
Color ebook!
By far the most consistent criticism of The Definitive Guide to ImageMagick has been that the sample images need to be in color. I would have to agree with this point, which is why I am delighted that Apress took the time to go back around the production process and produce a version of the…
Book reviews
I’m always a little hesitant when I see reviews of the book. It’s irrational, but I guess it’s a little bit like being worried that people are going to tell you that your kid isn’t the smartest in the class, or is ugly. That’s why I sat on the review from Linux Format May 2006…
State of the computing book market
Tim O’Reilly’s examination of the state of the book market: comes in three parts. It makes some interesting points. Gary Cornell has started a response which is also worth a read.
My first sighting of the ImageMagick book in the wild
My ImageMagick book is for sale at the MySQL user’s conference trade show. There are only a few copies there, but it is nice to actually see it out there. I wonder if they’ll sell any copies?
Off line versions of the color images from the book
There are now off line versions of the color images available. There is a zip version and a tarball version.
Missing figures are now online
The missing figures are now online. I’ve updated the original posts which contained those images, so that people aren’t confused about the ordering of the chapters and which version is the most current. Let me know if you notice any other problems.
Missing images from Chapter 2 and 3?
Thanks to Jerry for pointing out that Chapter 2 and Chapter3 are missing some images online. I am looking into this at the moment, and will get back to you all when I have tracked them down. Thanks for pointing this out Jerry.