Perl publishing and attracting new developers

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On 18/09/2013 16:47, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:
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> Disagree.  The author has put a lot of effort into making a *new* introductory book about modern Perl.
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> Your easy dismissal of that effort may be exactly the reason why you don't see more Perl books.  If the community itself cannot appreciate the effort put into them, how can you expect the public at large outside of the echo chamber to appreciate them?
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> Liz
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That's why I'm posting here, in a contained environment, rather than on 
some public forum. I have read and really like Ovid's "Beginning Perl" 
but in the context of my original post it adds weight to my point that 
Perl books tend to be generic and we need more diversity of subject 
matter, particularly applied Perl.

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