Shaking up tech publishing: Dave Thomas talks about the success of 37signals's self-published e-book Getting Real and claims it's the wave of the future for tech publishing. Then Tim O'Reilly responds in comments, with several thoughtful back-and-forths between Dave and Tim.

I did buy a copy of Getting Real. It's OK. If I had seen it in a bookstore, it would probably have cost $29 or $39, and I would not have bought it. But for $19, it's not a bad little book. It has the advantage of being a good candidate for an e-book; it's not something I would want a permanent hard copy of.