Re: Possible solution to FAQ publishing problem

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Nancy McGough (nancym@ii.com)
Tue, 16 May 1995 12:02:22 -0700 (PDT)


> >On Tue, 16 May 1995, Tom Galloway wrote:
> >> One idea occurs to me; what if FAQ maintainers got together and put
> >> together our own "Guide to Usenet Newsgroups" with appropriate bits
> >> from the FAQs and sold it as a book to a publisher? Royalties to go
> >> to upgrading rtfm.mit.edu perhaps?
> >
> >I would support that in a heartbeat, including the royalties for rtfm.
>
> Hear, hear!

I also think it would be great if we could collaborate on a book
about News, but I think that in order to make it a truly excellent
book, some one or group of people will need to do a lot of work. I
would be happy to be involved in the coordination, writing, and
editing of the book, but I would like to get paid. My business is
writing but so far I've given pretty much everything I've written to
the Net. I'm happy to do that but I would like to start earning some
money writing, and working on a book about News is something I think
I would really love. My background includes designing MS Windows
news software and writing and teaching about the Internet (and of
course news!). One thing I've written, which is especially relevant
to this proposed book, is "Getting Started with News and the NN News
Reader," which is accessible from:

http://www.jazzie.com/ii/writing.html

There's a lot of generic News information in there. What do people
think about having some one or group of people coordinate the project
and get paid? Also, individual authors could choose to get paid or
contribute their earnings to rtfm.

-Nancy

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