Re: Postgres Printed Manuals

"Robert James" <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Also: wouldn't it be a good way for the Postgres project to raise some
> money, by publishing and selling bound and printed versions?

It's hard to make any money that way :-(. Rich Morin used to run a
business called "Prime Time Freeware" that published hardcopy versions
of our manuals along with much other open-source documentation.
He gave up on it some years ago, though, and I doubt that the market
has improved.

> I believe MySQL has done that for years.

MySQL's situation is a bit different, because they own their
documentation lock-stock-and-barrel and have never distributed it freely
(check the terms sometime, they're not very liberal). Even so, I'll bet
they're not making any noticeable amount of money from selling hardcopy.

regards, tom lane