Bryce Harrington wrote:
I think a printed manual for Inkscape would be very cool, but so far we've not seen widespread involvement from the community in writing up techniques, etc. Some good work has been done with the manual and tutorials, but not to a scale that would make a book feasible. We have also not seen questions from users in sufficient volume to suggest a book would satisfy a demand. So while I do think it's a good idea, I think there is a lot of risk that the author/publisher would be taking on. It may not make enough $$ back to justify the effort of producing a full printed manual at this time. Maybe within a year there will be stronger support?
with the fast development of Inkscape i think a printed manual is at risk to become obsolete before getting the chance to cover the investment, the author/publisher should consider this risk.