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Great question. As an O'Reilly author myself, I can tell you that we have no control over the animal selected. There's a fun animal selection process, but the p

Great question. As an O'Reilly author myself, I can tell you that we have no control over the animal selected. There's a fun animal selection process, but the publisher's decide. Disclaimer - I work for Google and worked on this book.

pkaye 6y ago
Just curious deals like this work. Does Google pay O'Reilly for the editing and typography or does O'Reilly make money by selling the book themselves.
- sethvargo 6y ago
  I don't think I can talk about that, sorry.
- zenlot 6y ago
  O'Reilly provides their editorial capabilities. Google provides content. Neither Google, nor O'Reilly benefits from the book directly. Marketing. Future gains for both.
dielectrikboog 6y ago
Hey, at least you didn’t get Cthulhu on the cover, like Andrew Lombardi’s WebSocket.
- xvector 6y ago
  Wait, is that a bad thing?
- raesene2 6y ago
  Or Robert Seacord’s Effective C
l9i 6y ago
Confirmed. I was hoping for the platypus but it turns out it was already taken anyway. You can check out the whole O'Reilly menagerie at https://www.oreilly.com/animals.csp https://www.oreilly.com/animals.csp. (disclaimer: I worked on the book)