Comments on: The Java book market https://www.stormacq.com/the-java-book-market/ Some not-so random thoughts about this small IT World Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 By: gonzo https://www.stormacq.com/the-java-book-market/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:42:24 +0000 https://www.stormacq.com/?p=270#comment-161 yup. my author friends have a one word answer for the problem: google.

that said, i like havig a good hardback to thoroughly devour in the “real world” and “unplug” for a bit. it will do a body good 🙂

]]> By: Sebastien Stormacq https://www.stormacq.com/the-java-book-market/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:33:11 +0000 https://www.stormacq.com/?p=270#comment-160 I did not mention that in the blog entry.
What we were been told yesterday is that Java Book absolute market share is shrinking, but relative share with other programming book is slightly increasing
Though times ! We did not get really good answer to the general question : why is the market shrinking ? The only answer we got was “there are so many good free technical content available online” ! This is certainly part of the answer,…
The speaker was Gregory Doench, Executive Editor, Pearson Eductaion (AW and PH)

]]> By: gonzo https://www.stormacq.com/the-java-book-market/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:06:05 +0000 https://www.stormacq.com/?p=270#comment-159 hmmmm, there was an oreilly book sales graph that seemed to imply that java is climbin when compared to other programmnig language books. can’t seem to find the link.

that said, i do have some author friends who have stated that book sales are in a slump. one is actually hard pressed to find a decent physical/real bookstore to peruse in the heart of the south bay.

who was the presenter, by chance? i had heard s/he did a great job.

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