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I was burned out (from writing) after almost completing the beginning Merb book, which Apress cancelled after the Rails/Merb merger. I must admit if I were to w
by matthewcford 17y ago
I was burned out (from writing) after almost completing the beginning Merb book, which Apress cancelled after the Rails/Merb merger. I must admit if I were to write a book again, it wouldn't be with Apress. I'd be knocking on PragProg or PeepCode's door.
- tptacek 17y agoIn fairness to Apress, why would they move forward marketing a title for an obsoleted technology?
- matthewcford 17y agoThere was talk of rewriting it for Rails 3, but as it was pretty much vaporware at the time and I had enough of the extremely tight deadlines by that point, the decision to stop was mutual. My comment wasn't against Apress for canceling the book, well within their right to do so. However their processes are a bit backwards and I'm sure not all authors get the same treatment, echoing peter's comment about the git/python books being available online. Before the apress book I started an open source Merb book, after I saw how awesome the online Django book was and I would have liked beginning merb to have going the same way with peer review.