Thread: New MySQL Journal
From a mailing list I'm on... ----- Forwarded message All, This post is from Sam Flywheel and the new MySQL Journal. Hello, all: I am pleased to announce that the MySQL Journal is moving forward. During the past two weeks, I've been discussing the journal with MySQL AB, and the plan that's been devised benefits all involved, including authors, readers, the community, the journal, and MySQL AB. Let me outline how the journal will operate: * The name of the magazine is Tabula: The Journal of MySQL Development. The domain name of the magazine will be themysqljournal.com. The trademark "MySQL" is being used with the permission of MySQL AB. * The magazine will be published monthly and will be distributed solely as a personalized, password-protected, watermarked PDF. * Each issue of the magazine will include three feature stories, six or so columns (TBD), and other content to support the community, such as calendars, news, puzzles, profiles, interviews, press releases, software releases, etc. * Each author must warrant that the material submitted to the journal is original, unencumbered by copyright restrictions, and has not been published previously. * Any previously-published material (whether published online or in print) used in a contribution to the journal must be used with written permission or in strict accordance with the material's governing license. * Each author retains his or her copyright in the original material contributed to the journal. Except for the conditions listed below (points 6-8), the author is free to reuse the material without limitation. * Each author grants the journal first serial rights and perpetual use rights in all forms of media. * Each author agrees to not publish his or her contribution online or in another periodical (magazine, technical journal) for sixty (60) days after the contribution is published and made available to the public. * However, authors may repurpose the material freely and at any time for conferences, books, courses, and lectures, and for use within his or her organization. * Thirty (30) days after first publication, MySQL AB has the right to post each article on its own MySQL Network. * Subscribers will have early access to all draft articles and will have the opportunity to comment and contribute. This is a form of peer review and a perk for subscribers. * Each author will be compensated for the rights granted above. Features earn $750 for 3,500-4000 words. Columns earn $500 for 2,500 words. Fees for shorter content, such as Lightning Articles, puzzles, and tips and tricks will be determined shortly, but would likely be $50-$100 for 1,000 words or less. * Annual subscriptions to Tabula will be US$72.00. * Individual issues and back issues will be available for sale from the web site for $9.00 each. * Advertising is accepted and encouraged. A full-page ad is $2,000; other sizes include half-page (either vertical or horizontal), one- third page (vertical only), and quarter-page, each priced proportionally. A text-only ad in the "Marketplace" section, ideal for classifieds, job postings, and services is $100 for 200 words + logo. * All bylines and advertisements may include links and email addresses. The PDF will be "clickable" to jump to previous material, other sites, code downloads, and authors' and vendors' web sites. One caveat: some minimum number of subscribers -- probably above 1,000 -- is needed to warrant the launch of the magazine. If that minimum is not met, the magazine may be cancelled and all monies will be refunded to subscribers. I think this is the big stuff. Again, the MySQL AB connection is a pleasant addition to the publishing plan. The company would like the journal to succeed and has been very supportive. For clarity, MySQL AB is not obligated to fund, participate, subsidize, advertise, or contribute to the journal. The journal is an independent endeavor, using the MySQL mark with permission. What's next? 1. Accept proposals for columns and features and other content. (Propose something now!) 2. Identify each regular column and its author. 3. Identify at least nine features. 4. Describe the format(s) for lightning articles. 5. Publish the writer's kit. 6. Get the web site up and running. 7. Collect community information. 8. Contact vendors to encourage contributions and advertising. 9. Set deadlines for issue #1 and set a launch date. 10. Get the word out! The permanent staff of the magazine has considerable experience editing and producing technical articles. The magazine has already been designed and looks great! I'll share the mockup soon -- I want to try and put real names and columns in the mockup. I know this email is long, but I wanted to try and answer the most pressing questions that authors and advertisers tend to have. If you have any questions, please send me email. You are welcome to forward this to others or post it online to appropriate forums. (Please do!) Sam -- Kenneth Hess (918) 665.8878 http://www.kenhess.com -- To receive this list as a daily digest, send "set cbp digest" to majordomo@ls.studiob.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Jim C. 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On Wednesday 14 June 2006 19:18, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > * Each author will be compensated for the rights granted above. > Features earn $750 for 3,500-4000 words. Columns earn $500 for 2,500 > words. Fees for shorter content, such as Lightning Articles, puzzles, > and tips and tricks will be determined shortly, but would likely be > $50-$100 for 1,000 words or less. This is enough for anybody to want to write for this magazine ;-) cheers
I like the PWN, myself :) On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 06:18:21PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > >From a mailing list I'm on... > > ----- Forwarded message > All, > > This post is from Sam Flywheel and the new MySQL Journal. > > Hello, all: > > I am pleased to announce that the MySQL Journal is moving forward. > During the past two weeks, I've been discussing the journal with > MySQL AB, and the plan that's been devised benefits all involved, > including authors, readers, the community, the journal, and MySQL AB. > > Let me outline how the journal will operate: > > * The name of the magazine is Tabula: The Journal of MySQL > Development. The domain name of the magazine will be > themysqljournal.com. The trademark "MySQL" is being used with the > permission of MySQL AB. > > * The magazine will be published monthly and will be distributed > solely as a personalized, password-protected, watermarked PDF. > > * Each issue of the magazine will include three feature stories, six > or so columns (TBD), and other content to support the community, such > as calendars, news, puzzles, profiles, interviews, press releases, > software releases, etc. > > * Each author must warrant that the material submitted to the journal > is original, unencumbered by copyright restrictions, and has not been > published previously. > > * Any previously-published material (whether published online or in > print) used in a contribution to the journal must be used with > written permission or in strict accordance with the material's > governing license. > > * Each author retains his or her copyright in the original material > contributed to the journal. Except for the conditions listed below > (points 6-8), the author is free to reuse the material without > limitation. > > * Each author grants the journal first serial rights and perpetual > use rights in all forms of media. > > * Each author agrees to not publish his or her contribution online or > in another periodical (magazine, technical journal) for sixty (60) > days after the contribution is published and made available to the > public. > > * However, authors may repurpose the material freely and at any time > for conferences, books, courses, and lectures, and for use within his > or her organization. > > * Thirty (30) days after first publication, MySQL AB has the right to > post each article on its own MySQL Network. > > * Subscribers will have early access to all draft articles and will > have the opportunity to comment and contribute. This is a form of > peer review and a perk for subscribers. > > * Each author will be compensated for the rights granted above. > Features earn $750 for 3,500-4000 words. Columns earn $500 for 2,500 > words. Fees for shorter content, such as Lightning Articles, puzzles, > and tips and tricks will be determined shortly, but would likely be > $50-$100 for 1,000 words or less. > > * Annual subscriptions to Tabula will be US$72.00. > > * Individual issues and back issues will be available for sale from > the web site for $9.00 each. > > * Advertising is accepted and encouraged. A full-page ad is $2,000; > other sizes include half-page (either vertical or horizontal), one- > third page (vertical only), and quarter-page, each priced > proportionally. A text-only ad in the "Marketplace" section, ideal > for classifieds, job postings, and services is $100 for 200 words + > logo. > > * All bylines and advertisements may include links and email > addresses. The PDF will be "clickable" to jump to previous material, > other sites, code downloads, and authors' and vendors' web sites. > > > One caveat: some minimum number of subscribers -- probably above > 1,000 -- is needed to warrant the launch of the magazine. If that > minimum is not met, the magazine may be cancelled and all monies will > be refunded to subscribers. > > I think this is the big stuff. Again, the MySQL AB connection is a > pleasant addition to the publishing plan. The company would like the > journal to succeed and has been very supportive. For clarity, MySQL > AB is not obligated to fund, participate, subsidize, advertise, or > contribute to the journal. The journal is an independent endeavor, > using the MySQL mark with permission. > > What's next? > > 1. Accept proposals for columns and features and other content. > (Propose something now!) > > 2. Identify each regular column and its author. > > 3. Identify at least nine features. > > 4. Describe the format(s) for lightning articles. > > 5. Publish the writer's kit. > > 6. Get the web site up and running. > > 7. Collect community information. > > 8. Contact vendors to encourage contributions and advertising. > > 9. Set deadlines for issue #1 and set a launch date. > > 10. Get the word out! > > > The permanent staff of the magazine has considerable experience > editing and producing technical articles. The magazine has already > been designed and looks great! I'll share the mockup soon -- I want > to try and put real names and columns in the mockup. > > I know this email is long, but I wanted to try and answer the most > pressing questions that authors and advertisers tend to have. If you > have any questions, please send me email. You are welcome to forward > this to others or post it online to appropriate forums. (Please do!) > > Sam > > > -- > Kenneth Hess > (918) 665.8878 > http://www.kenhess.com > -- > To receive this list as a daily digest, send "set cbp digest" > to majordomo@ls.studiob.com > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel@decibel.org > Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 > > Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" > Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" > FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
Robert Bernier wrote: > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 19:18, Jim C. Nasby wrote: >> * Each author will be compensated for the rights granted above. >> Features earn $750 for 3,500-4000 words. Columns earn $500 for 2,500 >> words. Fees for shorter content, such as Lightning Articles, puzzles, >> and tips and tricks will be determined shortly, but would likely be >> $50-$100 for 1,000 words or less. > > This is enough for anybody to want to write for this magazine ;-) 750.00 for 3500 words is very low. I get that much for 1500. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > cheers > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/
Hi, On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 18:18 -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > I am pleased to announce that the MySQL Journal is moving forward. Would people prefer writing articles on PostgreSQL, if we were also working on such an online magazine? Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/
Devrim, Planet PostgreSQL is already a form of such on line magazine. Of course you know that. Perhaps this is a call to have more contributions to there. --elein On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 05:34:29PM +0300, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 18:18 -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > I am pleased to announce that the MySQL Journal is moving forward. > > Would people prefer writing articles on PostgreSQL, if we were also > working on such an online magazine? > > Regards, > -- > The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 > PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support > Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting > Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/ > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >
elein wrote: > Devrim, > > Planet PostgreSQL is already a form of such on line magazine. > Of course you know that. Perhaps this is a call to have > more contributions to there. No, I think Devrim is thinking of something more official and less bloggy. Joshua D. Drake > > --elein > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 05:34:29PM +0300, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 18:18 -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: >>> I am pleased to announce that the MySQL Journal is moving forward. >> Would people prefer writing articles on PostgreSQL, if we were also >> working on such an online magazine? >> >> Regards, >> -- >> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 >> PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support >> Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting >> Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/ >> >> >> >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >> > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/
On Jun 15, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > elein wrote: >> Devrim, >> Planet PostgreSQL is already a form of such on line magazine. >> Of course you know that. Perhaps this is a call to have >> more contributions to there. > > No, I think Devrim is thinking of something more official and less > bloggy. Certainly what I was thinking when I sent the email... Anyone have any clue what it'd cost to do something like this? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Jim Nasby wrote: > On Jun 15, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> elein wrote: >>> Devrim, >>> Planet PostgreSQL is already a form of such on line magazine. >>> Of course you know that. Perhaps this is a call to have >>> more contributions to there. >> >> No, I think Devrim is thinking of something more official and less bloggy. > > Certainly what I was thinking when I sent the email... > > Anyone have any clue what it'd cost to do something like this? Why not do it 'online'? lay it out using PDF so that it looks good, but save on printing/shipping costs by just putting it online? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
Hi Elein, On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 10:37 -0700, elein wrote: > Planet PostgreSQL is already a form of such on line magazine. > Of course you know that. Perhaps this is a call to have > more contributions to there. In fact, Planet should not only be formed with articles. It is dedicated to PostgreSQL people; and there should be more informal writings there; I mean less technical stuff. But all of our writers prefer to write technical stuff :) What I plan is using scribus (http://www.scribus.net/ ), creating some templates with it and publish PDF magazines and send to subscribers. If people contribute money to these, then all the money will be spent for PostgreSQL, possibly through SPI. For example, Robert and Greg will submit their articles to PostgreSQL Journal ;) There should be also a committee who will read the articles submitted and decide whether they are worth to publish or not (We may reject articles that does not contain valid information, for example). I was planning this last year, but due to some communication problems I had at those times, we gave up. Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/
Jim Nasby wrote: > On Jun 15, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> elein wrote: >>> Devrim, >>> Planet PostgreSQL is already a form of such on line magazine. >>> Of course you know that. Perhaps this is a call to have >>> more contributions to there. >> >> No, I think Devrim is thinking of something more official and less >> bloggy. > > Certainly what I was thinking when I sent the email... > > Anyone have any clue what it'd cost to do something like this? Actually it isn't bad as long as we don't use glossy paper. We would want to get subscribers though. Joshua D. Drake > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/
Hi Marc, On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 17:44 -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Why not do it 'online'? lay it out using PDF so that it looks good, > but save on printing/shipping costs by just putting it online? I just sent an e-mail to the list as a reply to Elein's e-mail. See that one for details of this. Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/
Hi, On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:55 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > Anyone have any clue what it'd cost to do something like this? > > Actually it isn't bad as long as we don't use glossy paper. We would > want to get subscribers though. Also I'm sure that there will be ads from PostgreSQL or related companies ; which will help us make more money ;) Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/
Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:55 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
>>>Anyone have any clue what it'd cost to do something like this?
>>
>>Actually it isn't bad as long as we don't use glossy paper. We would
>>want to get subscribers though.
I work for publishing company. If we can come up with numbers ( people,
pages ) and geographic distribution I'll get an estimate of the cost to
get it out the door.
Be advised it would probably be on glossy paper :-) as we do high
quality products. For a look at some of them check out:
http://www.bydesignpublishing.com/
> Also I'm sure that there will be ads from PostgreSQL or related
> companies ; which will help us make more money ;)
Help with ad designs is possible as we have in-house designers·
Rod
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