Are publishers relevant? (was: [Upd-discuss] Getting Real, the book)

[Andy Oram]

I am becoming more and more convinced that the future of publication is
user communities who consult professionals for guidance and
coordination. I have a presentation, "Getting More Project Documentation
from Free Software Communities," that I'm refining and will give in
April:

http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/professional/improve_doc.sxi

or

http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/professional/improve_doc.pdf

and an earlier article:

  Splitting Books Open: 
  Trends in Traditional and Online Technical Documentation
  http://opensource.oreilly.com/news/2004/09/23/online_trends.html

I'd like to hear comments--there are a lot of directions I could take
the talk, and act on it.

Andy