Subject Re: At last - our Firebird book
Author mk_delphi
Congrats Helen!
I will be a buyer!
Ciao!

Marco Kregar





--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm pleased to tell you that I have exchanged contracts with APress
> (http://www.apress.com) to write and publish "User's Guide to the
Firebird
> SQL Database". The manuscript deadline is mid-November. I believe
APress
> intends to post the flyers and the outline on its website late in
June.
>
> No, it's not the "magnum opus" that the original (1700-page) IBDH
was going
> to be. That one is for another season. This book will be about
700 pages
> and I will try very hard to make it the "real insider" book that we
planned
> back in times past. It will take the same practical approach that
was
> visualised for the IBDH and will launch the new Firebird sample
database -
> a real C/S database this time around, not a conversion from a bunch
of
> crusty old Paradox tables. (If I can avoid distractions over the
next two
> weeks, those doing my Database Design segments at the Fulda
conference will
> get a foretaste of the new fdb!)
>
> Celebrate with me!
>
> regards,
> Helen
>
> ---------------------
> See you at the First European Firebird Conference in May in Fulda,
> Germany
> http://www.firebird-conference.com