>>>>> "Ned" == Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> writes:

Ned> On Tuesday 16 April 2002 10:55 am, John Hinsley wrote:
>> Working with a smaller publisher might obviate some of the lead
>> time issues Ned comments on.

Ned> O'Reilly can be quite fast.

Exactly.  Any "lead times" are really *necessary*.  Very few
bottlenecks of any arbitrary size.  The time could be counted in small
numbers of days between the final paragraphs I typed for "Llama 3" and
the time it was available in quantity for the Perl Confierence.

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