[Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

[Sathya]

> $50 is a bit steep for a book

Usually author of a book makes 10 to 15 percent of the cover price. So
whoever who wrote this book will get 5 bucks a book. Unlike a book widely
used, for an example PHP or MySQl, which will sell lot more copies, a book
on * will have a narrower readership. Therefore I think price has to be set
bit higher than a programming book. It may not be helpful for most of us,
but I guess the effort is praiseworthy, knowing that he can't make a fortune
out of it.

SW

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of mattf
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:47 AM
> To: 'asterisk-users at lists.digium.com'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I was a reviewer of the book, and it is a good beginner book. At over 260
> pages it isn't exactly small and it does contain a lot of information that
> is not in the wiki, especially on telco topics and a very
> in-depth overview
> of Cisco IP phones.
>
> It does a good job of going over the basics of Asterisk, which in
> itself is
> a difficult task as some of the basics of Asterisk change rather
> frequently.
>
>
> It is a beginner book and doesn't cover some more advanced and more
> specialized topics, but it would be a good way for someone who had no
> understanding of the telco/VOIP world to get into Asterisk and
> set up their
> first test system.
>
> $50 is a bit steep for a book, but I can tell you that they did
> put a lot of
> effort into creating a comprehensive intro to Asterisk with a
> great deal of
> the material being written by the authors from scratch, and Asterisk is
> still quite a niche market relative to other cheaper technology books out
> there justifying the cost a bit more.
>
> MATT---
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Cherry [mailto:ncherry at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:58 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.
>
>
> Joe Babstock wrote:
> > There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk!
> > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it
> > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample
> > pages, it looks great.
>
> And how do you know it's a good book? I wouldn't mind a
> review and I may purchase the book (I doubt I qualify
> as a reviewer as I haven't yet figured this VoIP stuff
> out yet). I'm not really sure a few pages qualifies for
> a review. BTW, please excuse me if Paul is a frequent
> contributor to the mail list. I just found the method
> of announcement a bit suspect (I'm not say Paul posted
> this either).
>
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