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The never ending story of RSS and Atom in Action


You know last week, when I said the book was ready to go to the printers and would be available this week as an e-book? We'll, I was wrong.

While we waited for Atom protocol to stabilize, things changed in the world of C# and Java feed APIs. Microsoft introduced the Windows RSS platform and a pre-release of the Windows Feeds API is available in the IE7 beta. And ROME has come along way too; now with Atom format 1.0 support and a growing list of extension modules. We decided that we just couldn't publish a book on RSS and Atom without covering the Windows RSS platform and ROME in-depth. So now I'm under the gun again, writing away into the wee hours of the night. I should be done by April 14th and, with luck, the book will be out in late May, just in time for JavaOne. That explains my sudden interest in the Windows RSS platform.

The kids hate it, but I think it's for the best. Manning will have the very first book that covers the Atom protocol (with a working client and server), the Windows RSS platform and ROME in-depth. It'll definitely be worth the wait.

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Sounds like you made the right call, and the book's on my gotta-get list. But as an author myself, your circumstance reminds me of a book I did recently on a subject that kept being hit with updates. My editor finally put his foot down and insisted we get it to press, fearing the attempt to catch up with moving technology would never be done.

Posted by Rogers Cadenhead on March 16, 2006 at 04:18 PM EST #

Thanks Rogers. I'm working hard to make sure the book lives up to "gotta get" status. My three sons would put their six feet down on my throat if I were to promise anything else to Manning Pubs.

Posted by Dave Johnson on March 18, 2006 at 12:57 PM EST #

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