> Sure, they could and they should, however I think TSoD might have dampened the community's efforts of improving and updating the free and more official 'Django Book' when it really needed the work.

TSoD was the effort of two individuals: they can spend their time how they like. I also can't blame them for wanting to make some money back on their time, given that writing a technical book is a non-trivial exercise.

It also takes a completely different set of skills to write a "beginner's book", which is really what the Django Book is.

Just so you know, we offer the book for free to developers in need. Please go to http://django.2scoops.org/ and scroll to the bottom.

Also, in my own case, just because I co-wrote TSoD doesn't mean I'm going to stop contributing to Django or it's documentation. In fact, writing it helped illuminate areas in the Django documentation that I believe I can improve. I hope readers of the book take the same approach. We all benefit from creating new and improved resources.