tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post5729139492637249062..comments2009-02-15T11:19:01.847-08:00Mark Cokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039664167177159146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-62072417070048185452009-02-15T11:19:00.000-08:002009-02-15T11:19:00.000-08:00andrew said:<BR/>&gt; Everything in that book is <BR/>&gt; a published, publicly available <BR/>&gt; blog post (or article) that <BR/>&gt; already has a comments section.<BR/><BR/>you can&#39;t step in the same river twice.<BR/><BR/>by creating your specific compilation,<BR/>you changed the nature of those posts.<BR/><BR/>they no longer exist solely in isolation.<BR/><BR/>they&#39;ve now been placed into a bucket,<BR/>one which includes them and only them,<BR/>one bearing its unique, distinct i.s.b.n.<BR/><BR/>as such, they need to have a place where<BR/>they can be discussed in _that_ context.<BR/><BR/>that&#39;s why compilations have the ability<BR/>to get a separate copyright of their own.<BR/>(a copyright which i noted you claimed;<BR/>how about a creative commons license?)<BR/><BR/>-bowerbird<BR/><BR/>p.s. and no, posting the links does not<BR/>really address their compilation status.bowerbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-91246677354317373692009-02-15T09:47:00.000-08:002009-02-15T09:47:00.000-08:00Everything in that book is a published, publicly available blog post (or article) that already has a comments section.Andrew Savikashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328878619427694248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-76450462081106589162009-02-15T07:35:00.000-08:002009-02-15T07:35:00.000-08:00andrew said:<BR/>&gt; But thanks for the feedback -- <BR/>&gt; If I could do it over I&#39;d also <BR/>&gt; post it for direct download<BR/>&gt; somewhere as well as in our cart<BR/><BR/> you still _can_ post it &quot;for download&quot;.<BR/><BR/>in addition, though, you should make it<BR/>so that _each_page_of_the_book_ has<BR/>its own web-page, so that people who<BR/>will want to &quot;gather&quot; around that page<BR/>(e.g., to make annotations on it, etc.)<BR/>have a natural place for that to happen.<BR/><BR/>-bowerbirdbowerbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-39424994815824567352009-02-14T08:48:00.000-08:002009-02-14T08:48:00.000-08:00Hey Kat,<BR/><BR/>Sorry the "best of" ebook wasn't an ideal experience -- it was actually the first time we'd tried using our "ebook bundle" system for a giveaway, and doing it as a $0.00 product was admittedly a bit of a hack. (On the plus side, now you'll automatically be notified when we update it <B>and</B> you can get it into Stanza right from the account page.) <BR/><BR/>But thanks for the feedback -- If I could do it over I'd also post it for direct download somewhere as well as in our cart.Andrew Savikashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328878619427694248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436915084701775452.post-30895447654936816802009-02-14T08:13:00.000-08:002009-02-14T08:13:00.000-08:00Oh, Mark - great TOC wrap-up! Between you and Hugh McGuire, I am reticent to even TRY my own post-conf wrap-up. Surely, you two have done an excellent job. (I will just be adding details like, "buffet could use improvement, but bathrooms were nice.").<BR/>This was a monumental moment in conference-going. There's no looking back -- and finally, conferences are about inclusive conversations and not just active presenters and passive attendees. Truly remarkable breakthrough for such a large scale environment.<BR/><BR/>And, I have to second your chagrin at the many barriers to downloading the "free" O'Reilly Best-of TOC pdf. If I hadn't been stranded waiting for my plane, and w/ little else to do, I probably wouldn't have jumped through those hoops. Ironic that O'Reilly is clamoring for "free" content and DRM-free. Sometimes hassle-free is even more important than those other kinds of free...<BR/>Happy Valentines Day to you and yours!<BR/>~ KatKat Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08256321127803175934noreply@blogger.com