Rails Test Prescriptions to be published by Pragmatic
Let’s lead with the headline:
Rails Test Prescriptions is going to be published by Pragmatic.
I’m very excited by this. I’ve wanted to work with Pragmatic for as long as they’ve been publishing books, and I’m thrilled that this particular project will be able to get wider distribution and access to Pragmatic’s editorial expertise and skill.
Thanks to everybody who has supported this book. I can’t express how much I appreciate your attention and enthusiasm. You have made working on this book a pleasure.
Here’s what this means for you:
- The current free “Getting Started with Rails Testing” ebook will continue to be available. If, at some time in the future, there’s a better Getting Started tutorial in the Pragmatic book, it may be offered as a replacement.
- The update site for current Rails Test Prescription owners will continue to be available for the foreseeable future.
- There will be one more official update to the current Rails Test Prescriptions, probably around the end of August. This will wrap up the chapter or two I’m working on, and tie up some other loose ends.
- After that, errata and information about changes to test tools will most likely be handled via this blog and an errata page on this site.
- It’s relevant to mention that this update would likely have been the last new content in the book even without Pragmatic’s interest.
- The current version of “Rails Test Prescriptions” will go off-sale, and will be removed from Lulu.com as of August 28, 2009.
This all happened quickly. As much as I’ve loved self-publishing, I’m looking forward to working with Pragmatic. A few weeks ago, after Gregg Pollack’s mention on the Rails weblog spiked sales for several days, I figured that there was never going to be a better time, and I submitted the book to Pragmatic. The theory being that if they said no, I still was enjoying doing the book myself, but if they said yes, it’d really be an opportunity to take this project to the next level.
Pragmatic surprised me not just by agreeing to publish the book, but by turning the whole thing around so quickly—just about a month from initial contact to signed contract. And even though I would definitely self publish again, I’m looking forward to some help on the parts of the book process I’m not that strong on (cover design, marketing, etc…).
I will know more about what happens next later this week after I start talking with my editor at Pragmatic. I suspect some reorganization will take place, as the book changes from merely individual chapters to a more coherent whole. Timeline, exact content, and other issues have yet to be determined, but I’ll keep you all posted here as I know things.
Thanks again to all those who have written me with praise and criticism, and especially to those of you who have pointed out errors of fact, grammar, or clarity. This process has been much more fun because of you, and the book is better for your attention.
August 18, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Congrats! Looking forward to see the book on pragprog.
August 18, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Noel - Congrats on the agreement with Pragmatic! By blending your teaching skills with Pragamtic's marketing engine, you've achieved a win/win on three sides: Noel Rappin, Pragmatic, and the software developer community as a whole. I'm looking forward to seeing the new book. -Ray H.
August 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Congratulations!
August 18, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Glad to see you're getting it published! Congratulations! Good luck with everything!
August 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM
I thought that one of the reasons why you started the book with the current format comes from frustration with the publisher you worked for your other books.
Is the Pragmatic Programmer different? By publishing a "paper" version, you know that your book goes obsolete.
In any case, I'm really glad to know you found a way to make you feel better, which is the main power to write.
Sorry if RubyLearning didn't see many books to get more attention :) I don't even know why I said not all books are from Pragmatic. http://samuraicoder.net/2009/08/little-known-rails-books/
August 20, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Congratulations, I've heard a lot of good reviews of the book. Hopefully this will get it in front of more people.
August 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Pragmatic is different, at least from my perspective, in three important ways.
# They do a lot of their business in ebooks, and make some effort to keep ebooks current, sometimes even after print publication
# They are a lot more agile and direct to work with than the other publishers to work with
# Their terms are potentially more favorable to the author.
So, it's a chance to get this book in front of a lot more people than would have seen it otherwise -- hard to turn that down, even if it means we'll need to get creative in keeping it up to date.
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