[phpslash-users] [OT] MySQL book writing opportunity

[Eric R. <eries@CatalystRecruiting.com>]

Hello all -

Sorry that this post is slightly off-topic, but I hope it is of sufficient 
interest to enough people to be justified.

I have recently been asked by the Coriolis Press to lead a team of authors 
in writing a new book in their "Black Books" series, on the topic of MySQL. 
Rather than write the entire book myself, I am looking for a group of 
programmers, authors, and users to co-author the book in a collaborative 
way. I believe this will produce a more interesting product, and be a very 
interesting experience for all involved. Further, I'd like to publish and 
edit at least part of the book using phpSlash, for a truly "open" creation 
experience.

So, I am now looking for anyone interested in working on this project. 
Ultimately, I hope to find a group of 3-5 core authors, plus as many as 
another 5 contributing authors to write the bulk of the work. However, we 
will also need programmers and users who are familiar with MySQL to help 
with sample code, testing, and feedback, so all are welcome to participate. 
We will be covering all aspects of using MySQL, so even if you are not a 
db-administration guru (I know I'm certainly not), we still need skills in 
all manner of db-access methods, including perl, mod_perl, C, PHP, PHPLIB, 
etc. If you have any familiarity with using any of these in conjunction 
with MySQL, you are welcome to get involved. It is my hope that everyone 
who joins up will be involved in all aspects of the book's design, right 
down to picking what should be in the ToC. And of course, everyone who 
contributes will share in our success.

If you are interested, please drop me a line and let me know. 
Comments/suggestions/feedback is always welcome.

For more about me, you can take a look at my resume (http://i.am/EricRies). 
For a look at some of my work, take a look at the Enzyme open-source 
project (http://enzyme.sourceforge.net).

For more about Coriolis (and the Coriolis Open Press imprint, which would 
be producing this book), please see http://www.coriolis.com/focuson/linux.asp

Thanks,

Eric