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Seems to me like 37Signals is gauging the community response, then deciding whether to write the book.
by philip1209 14y ago
Seems to me like 37Signals is gauging the community response, then deciding whether to write the book.
- digitalengineer 14y agoWhat's wrong with testing the waters? I wish all writers would do the same. Writing a book is a huge undertaking and any insights you could gain beforehand are welcome.
- james4k 14y agoThat would be such a tight schedule...surely they would have something in draft form at least. If this was someone's fulltime job, maybe I could see it, but really there's no reason for them to "test the waters". That was done with their blog, and also HN where you see the topic come up quite often with lots of discussion.
- jackowayed 14y agoThat seems unlikely. They already have a rough time that's not too far off and a publisher lined up. Also, DHH tweeted about writing a book a few weeks ago: https://twitter.com/dhh/status/292360292430647296 https://twitter.com/dhh/status/292360292430647296
- dhh 14y agoThe first draft is already 90% complete and the book has been sold to the publisher. The decision to write this book was taken months ago.