FW: Pro Perl authors

[Stephane Rondal]

----- Original Message -----
From: Julia Gilbert <JuliaG at wrox.com>
To: <rondal at usa.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:52 PM
Subject: Pro Perl authors


> Hi Stephane,
>
> My name is Julia Gilbert and I am an Author Agent for Wrox
> <http://www.wrox.com> .
>
> You may be familiar with our range of books.  Our trademark is "Programmer
> to Programmer", because Wrox books are written by professional programmers
> for professional programmers and are subsequently reviewed by professional
> programmers.
>
> We are currently in the process of producing a publication dedicated to
> professional Perl programming and are seeking authors who have the
expertise
> to write chapters on one or more of the following subjects:-
>
> 1) Perl and Relational Databases
> (access to MS SQL servers via the Sybase drivers, Oracle, and probably a
bit
> of MySQL too. Modules that should be covered include DBI::W32ODBC,
> Win32::ODBC, Win32::DBIODBC, DBFramework, and Tangram)
>
> 2) Embedding Perl into Web Pages
> (Why embed Perl, Perl-ASP/PerlScript, EmbPerl, ePerl, HTML::Mason)
>
> 3) Mathematical and Computational Applications
> (Perl Math Modules, Mathematical Algorithms with Perl, Matrices,
> Cryptography)
>
> 4) Distributed Perl Programming
> (IPC, RPC, CORBA)
>
> 5) Perl and Other Programming Languages
> (Using C from Perl, writing with the POSIX.pm module, syscall,
Devel::Peek,
> DynaLoader.pm, Using Perl from C, Converting Perl into C, Converting Perl
> into Bytecode (and back))
>
> 6) Perl and Unicode
> ([perlunicode] (I18N.pm), use utf8.pm, use bytes.pm)
>
> 7) Locale and Internationalization
> (use locale, Unicode, Time and Timezones).
>
> In addition to these chapters, we need authors to write the following
> sections:
>
> * A section on "Perl IDEs and Editors"
> * Integrating Perl with IIS
> * Integrating Perl with Netscape
> * A set of short sections on web protocols covering MailTools
> modules, Mail::POP3Client, libnet modules (namely, Net::SMTP, Net::POP3,
> Net::FTP).
>
>
> We would need your first draft of the chapter(s)/section(s) before the end
> of November, so please let me know ASAP if you are interested in writing
for
> us.
>
> You are welcome to pass my enquiry on to any colleagues who you think may
be
> interested.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you soon,
>
> Julia
>
> Julia Gilbert
> Author Agent
>
> Wrox Press
> http://www.wrox.com
>
>