I'm changing focus to commercial software and tools. Seeking enthusiastic authors and killer book ideas...
Update: it looks like this post caused a little confusion. When I say I'm changing focus, I mean me -- the tiny part of Packt Publishing that is David Barnes. Packt loves Open Source as much as ever.
I'm changing my focus at Packt to concentrate on commercial software. Over the past 5 years I've focused mainly on the world of Open Source: Moodle, Drupal, Joomla!, and so on. Now I'm shifting direction into commercial software tools.
If you are an aspiring or would-be author who wants to write about tools and applications from Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, and so on then I want to talk to you. I'm especially keen to look at tools for developers, designers, web programmers, and other IT professionals. .NET, Azure, Live Services, iPhone Programming, Flash, Sketchup, 3ds Max, and so on are all on my list. As with our Open Source books, we're interested in focused titles aimed at serious IT users. We won't be publishing anything to rival the OS X Missing Manual or Excel for Dummies. But I'll welcome ideas on novel, niche professional tasks using these tools. If you have skills in these areas and want to write, please get in touch. I'll work with you to understand the skills you have, and develop a book idea that we both agree suits your skills, preferences, and the demands of the market. You can drop me a line by email on davidb@packtpub.com, or punch your details into my author profile form.
