Re: Spaghetti Publishers want your FAQ!

Steve Watt -- KD6GGD (steve@wattres.SJ.CA.US)
Fri, 14 Jan 1994 00:03:18 -0800

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Well, I gave permission for my FAQ to be published; the results are in the
"CQ 1994 Amateur Radio Almanac". Basically, when they contacted me, I
wanted to ensure that the parts about availability of current versions
was retained, and that it said it was used with permission. They did
both, and sent me a copy of the book, besides. And it's definitely a
rush to see one's name in print... I've been published before, mind you,
but not in anything that would see more than a few thousand printed...

I'm of the opinion that since the point of a FAQ is to distribute information,
that information will be equally useful distributed as bound/printed matter
or as online information. I had some concerns about the currency of info
for a published book, but since it's an annual, I don't worry about that
(as much).

<Caution: Flame bait follows>

To the initial poster: I'm not aware of what FAQ you maintain, but it
could be that they're actually working on something related to the field
of the FAQ, and view it as good and useful information. However, with your
pecuniary interest in the FAQ, one might start a debate about using the
'net for commercial purposes. You should watch carefully that when your
book gets published that you don't start pushing it in the FAQ, nor that
you let the FAQ "die" because the book "covers it all".

My $2.00 worth (I used to be a consultant, so my rates are higher. :)

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Steve Watt KD6GGD                       Packet: KD6GGD @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA
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