The University where I teach would gladly buy several copies of any PD book, and I know for sure that many students would buy such a book too. I am sure there are a number of other institutions who would too. <br><br>I'm not saying that there is necessarily great demand, but there is some demand. <br>
<br>Just to give you an idea, one of my modules is very PD-based, and Miller's book is first on the reading list; that justified buying several copies for the library, and that encouraged several students to buy it. <br>
<br>In my opinion, published books dealing with open-source subjects also contribute a perception that it is not just a fringe curiosity.<br><br>- martin<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 August 2010 10:13, Andrew Faraday <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jbturgid@hotmail.com">jbturgid@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hey David<br><br>I think it's probably an open-source thing as much as anything. There's a lot of resources out there for Pd which are freely available. (For a 'getting started' guide, I'd recommend the floss manual). It's a bit of a paradox in the open-source community that free resources tend to inhibit more traditional forms.<br>
<br>Having said that, if someone wants to pay for 'PD for dummies' I'd gladly get writing tomorrow. Perhaps an e-mail to the publishers?<br><br>Andrew<br><br><br><br><br><hr>From: <a href="mailto:schafferdavid@hotmail.com" target="_blank">schafferdavid@hotmail.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:pd-list@iem.at" target="_blank">pd-list@iem.at</a><br>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:06:01 +0000<br>Subject: [PD] pd books...<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br>
Hi, <br>
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I recently bought two books on the processing language and I realized there were at least 10 books I could have chosen from. As far as I know, pd has only two books about itself ("bang" and "loadbang") How come ? Is this only a userbase issue? having a pd book like "getting started with processing" would be great to get new people to use the language. It should be real beginner level, teach you the basic programming skills and show you all you can do... is anyone working in that field?<br>
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D.S <br><br><br>
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