Yesterday I finished a raw draft of the new Networking for System Administrators. It’s not ready for technical review yet; the engine has all the pieces, but there are loose bolts everywhere and a couple of the belts are repurposed nylons. I’ll get it out for tech review this weekend.
On 1 June 2025, I close sponsorships. If you want to sponsor it, this week is your last chance. I promised to do a challenge coin for print sponsors and Patronizers so I will, but the next one probably won’t. I’ll happily absorb $10 per sponsor to do something daft, but not the $25 the US’ Wheel of Tariffs threatens. (Regardless of your politics, unpredictability is death to business.)
The tentative schedule for N4SA2e is:
- June: Technical Review
- July-August: Copyedit
- September: Kickstarter
- October: ship sponsor and Patronizer copies, both print and ebook exclusive to tiltedwindmillpress.com
- November: standard retail release
The print version will come in a special backer-exclusive edition available only to print sponsors, Patronizers, and Kickstarter backers. (Kickstarter backers can’t get the challenge coin; that’s exclusive to early backers.) I can’t say it’ll be as daft as Ruin Your Mail By Running It Yourself or the Networknomicon, but it will exist.
Then again, I always think my special editions are lame. You can make your own opinion.