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April 10, 2020
The Print Book Trade, and Money
Ive had to explain this in two separate conversations, to folks I thought already understood it, so its time for a blog post about the business of paper books. Beware: publishing industry neepery ahead. This is mainly aimed at folks who started off in self-pub and previously didnt need to know the inside details of
April 1, 2020
New “Prohibition Orcs” today
People ask me why there havent been any more Prohibition Orcs tales. They exist, but you havent seen them. Traditional publishers have bought them. And traditional publishers are sloooow. They pay, though, and they get me exposure. (How do you know getting paid in exposure is real? Authentic exposure comes with a paycheck. Anything else
March 31, 2020
My New Print Bookstore
No, I did not open a corner bookstore, with weird decorations and a shop cat. I now have an online store for physical books, however. They carry a wide selection of my titles, from multiple publishers, and Im adding more as time permits. No, Im not shipping books myself. I outsourced procurement and delivery to
March 19, 2020
“SNMP Mastery,” April Fool’s, and The Networknomicon
I sent the official release announcement today: SNMP Mastery is everywhere. You can get it, no matter where in the world you are or what vendor you prefer. Assuming theyre open, that is. The world is in chaos. This is the worst possible time to do a book release. Like every other industry in the
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March 16, 2020
My Asia trip is cancelled
Yes, this is obvious. Still should post it. No plans to reschedule at this time. Like everyone else, I lack enough information to decide anything. Stay safe. Stay away from people. We have cooties.
February 17, 2020
“SNMP Mastery” leaking out
Bit by bit, site by site, SNMP Mastery is escaping into the world. I’ll keep the SNMP Mastery entry on my web page updated as it appears in more stores. The various store databases are still synching everything up. You can get both paperback and Kindle on Amazon, but the entries aren’t connected. IngramSpark, the …
February 6, 2020
Sponsoring a “git commit murder” sequel
With my travels over the next couple of months, I’m not getting much done on my next tech book. I haven’t even definitively chosen what’s next; writing SNMP Mastery burned out a few critical nonfiction brain cells, and who knows when I’ll find fresh replacements at Dollar General. (I shoulda sprung for an IKEA brain.) …
January 31, 2020
The MWL 2020 Asia Tour
Yep, I’m a big star now, touring Asia and everything! Sort of. Two countries. Two cities. The world’s most minimal tour. I’m a big star, in a really really tiny universe. 19-22 March 2020, I’ll be at AsiaBSDCon. I’m presenting a four hour tutorial on FreeBSD jails, as well as attending the conference. The fine …
January 20, 2020
A different sort of interview, on tabletop RPGs
Obscure MWL historical trivia: I got my start writing tabletop role playing games. It seems they have greater staying power than I ever thought they would. The Plus Or Minus podcast interviewed me about my TTRPG Gatecrasher, which came out in 1995. A good time was had by all. Also: 1995 was a quarter of …
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January 15, 2020
Me, talking SNMP at Semibug: 21 January 2020
The headline pretty much covers it. I’ll be talking SNMP at the semibug.org meeting next Tuesday. 7 PM, Altair Engineering. I use the semibug presentations to dry-run talks that I’ll be presenting elsewhere. The next place I’ll give it will be at HasGeek in Bangalore. So, if you’re in North America and want to see …
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