End of a era

Charles Petzold is not going to write any more programming books. Like many people, I learned to program Windows from his seminal Programming Windows book. It still sits on my shelf today between The C Programming Language and Design Patterns.

The data certainly shows that programming book market is declining. However, I always thought this mostly impacted authors like myself who had tiny niche books that have been basically outmoded by information available on the Internet. I guess it is impacting the big boys as well. I wish Mr. Petzold good luck on his new endeavors!