If I had a book I would never consent to digitize it--ever. I know it will probally be scanned and uploaded, but until that time I would hold out. As to what b

If I had a book I would never consent to digitize it--ever. I know it will probally be scanned and uploaded, but until that time I would hold out. As to what books sell on Amazon and elsewhere; I am always shocked by what people will read. A wealthy person who has some notoriety (even for having just a big butt) can hire a ghost writer and with the right exposure(like being pimped on Imus, or the like) can sell a huge amount of books? I feel for the writter who is truly gifted, but isn't famous. I've noticed a huge void for good authors in the Technical fields. By good authors I mean good writers. Most of the computer books I have tried to read of the years are literally like reading a phone book. I don't expect Nabrokov, but if you can't write well--don't try to fake it. People will buy your book even if you have to use numbers, or steps like directions in consumer products. Keep the words down. Write like you are trying to convey information to an eighth grader. I have wondered why editors let these phone books fly off the presses with just a pretty cover. I have a feeling they don't have a clue to what you are writing about--ROR, Apache, Git, all programming languages, ip addresses, etc.? I'm a horrid writer so when I need to convey information I just use numbers to convey important information. If I have a paragraph of information I try to funnel the paragraph from the first sentance. I only mention this because I do buy technical books. Actually, that's all I will pay for.