Re: [PLUG] Tech Book Publishers & Book Suggestions?

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

>
>
>I was in the B&N in Plymouth Meeting a bit ago and the selection of
>Linux books was tiny, a few small shelves maybe.  I seem to remember a 
>few years ago there being tons of Linux books there.  Maybe everyone is
>buying on line and the retail stores are not carrying them anymore.
>
Yeah, I used to judge the popularity of various technologies, and
their upward or downward trends, by walking into a big bookstore
and counting the number of shelves or bookcases devoted to each
topic.  At one time, the computer section at B&N covered an entire
wall of the store.  No more!  Now, for such trends I check things
like:
    http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=red+hat%2C+ubuntu%2C+suse
and:
    http://www.google.com/trends?q=red+hat%2C+ubuntu%2C+suse

--Fred
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