Open source advocate Bruce Perens has a new deal with the Prentice Hall publishing company. He’s editing a series of books about, guess what, open source technology.
That’s only part of the story. The books themselves are being published under an open source license. Here’s his explanation of the project.
” How do we make money?” he asks. Answer: “People like paper. We put the paper versions in stores several months before the electronic versions come out. Since the retail channel is filled as soon as the paper versions come out, it removes most of the incentive that a second publisher would have to reprint the books while they are new.”
This is known as putting your money where your mouth is. Kudos to all involved.