Arjen wonders why the MySQl Cluster Study book is published on Lulu and not trough MySQL 's traiditional publisher.
Altough I was involved in the creation process of the mentionned
book, I have no idea why this decision was made but to me it
makes perfect sense. MySQL Cluster is a piece of software that is
still going to change a lot in the next couple of months and
years.
A book published in a traditional way needs a minimal sales
volume in order to be worth publishing. If there even is a slight
chance that by the time the book gets published a significant
amount of content of the book has already changed traditional
publishers shouldn't publish the book. Now over at Lulu.com a
book won't be print before a customer orders it. So when the book
is being sent to me. I get the current version of the book.. If
in 3 months the authors decide to rewrite a chapter or …