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From: Mitchell Waite
Subject: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 02:05:47
Message: <3c3a9a4b$1@news.povray.org>
Hi All:

My name is Mitchell Waite and I am the former publisher of RAY TRACING
CREATIONS, the first (and only) POV Ray specific book.

With all the fantastic new improvements in POV Ray I am thinking about
publishing a new title on POV Ray and I was wondering what the interest
level is.

Also I am looking for potential writers and contributors. Please feel free
to email me privately as well as let the group know how you feel about this
idea.

You can see the books I published at www.mitchwaite.com Click on the Books
menu item.

thanks,

Mitchell Waite
mit### [at] mitchwaitecom


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From: Jan Walzer
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 06:47:54
Message: <3c3adc6a@news.povray.org>
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From: Christoph Hormann
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 07:24:15
Message: <3C3AE4ED.4F39E650@gmx.de>
Mitchell Waite wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> My name is Mitchell Waite and I am the former publisher of RAY TRACING
> CREATIONS, the first (and only) POV Ray specific book.
> 
> With all the fantastic new improvements in POV Ray I am thinking about
> publishing a new title on POV Ray and I was wondering what the interest
> level is.
> 
> [...]

Is this somehow realted to the book survey recently started on povray.org:

http://www.povray.org/survey1.html

If not, it might be a good idea not to have two books on the same topic...

Anyway i like the idea, but i personally would prefer a not so much 'how
to create a reflective sphere on checkered ground scene' style book but
more a collection of individual chapters on specific topics.

Christoph

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From: Arthur Flint
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 07:33:48
Message: <Xns91904CE458C6Emrartchesapeakenet@204.213.191.226>
Mitchell Waite scribis news:3c3a9a4b$1@news.povray.org:

> With all the fantastic new improvements in POV Ray I am thinking about
> publishing a new title on POV Ray and I was wondering what the interest
> level is.
> 

But of course! Bring it on.

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Gis poste, Arto.


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 07:42:48
Message: <3c3ae947@news.povray.org>
Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
: Is this somehow realted to the book survey recently started on povray.org:

  I don't think it's related to that in any way.

: If not, it might be a good idea not to have two books on the same topic...

  Probably a good idea.

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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 07:55:28
Message: <3C3AEC0C.9030006@videotron.ca>
Mitchell Waite wrote:

> Hi All:
> 
> My name is Mitchell Waite and I am the former publisher of RAY TRACING
> CREATIONS, the first (and only) POV Ray specific book.


... and the reason I've been wasting^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hspending so many hours 
in front of my computer watching pixels appear one by one.

> 
> With all the fantastic new improvements in POV Ray I am thinking about
> publishing a new title on POV Ray and I was wondering what the interest
> level is.
> 
> Also I am looking for potential writers and contributors. Please feel free
> to email me privately as well as let the group know how you feel about this
> idea.


A wonderful idea.


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 08:26:38
Message: <3c3af38e@news.povray.org>
> Is this somehow realted to the book survey recently started on povray.org:

No, in no way related. I only heard of Mitch's idea a few days ago (via
another person). I presume therefore that it is unlikely that Mitch is
considering an 'official' book (unlike the previous WGP POV books, which
were all authored by POV-Team members, and from which those team members
derived royalties.)

-- Chris Cason
   POV-Team Co-ordinator


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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 08:39:36
Message: <3c3af698$2@news.povray.org>
Sounds like Great


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From: Rune
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 09:41:41
Message: <3c3b0525@news.povray.org>
"Chris Cason" wrote:
> > Is this somehow realted to the book survey
> > recently started on povray.org:
>
> No, in no way related.

Err, are any of the two book projects related to *this* book project:

http://povworld.de/book

?

Rune
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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: POV Ray Book
Date: 8 Jan 2002 10:04:39
Message: <3c3b0a87@news.povray.org>
> Err, are any of the two book projects related to *this* book project:
>
> http://povworld.de/book

1) no (well, at least, mine isn't), and
2) what 'two book projects' ? ;)

I'm doing a survey to determine if it's worth doing a book. Technically,
therefore, I don't have a 'book project' per se. But I might have one if
enough people indicate they are interested.

-- Chris


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