Ask HN: Why no O'Reilly Golang book?

The real question is why doesn't Kernighan and Pike have a book on the subject. Even better Kernighan and Thompson; better yet all three K&T&P.

The documentation on the golang.org site is pretty good. Besides, the revenue from books is dropping rapidly. There is little incentive to write a book - which is a massive effort, for a paltry sum.

Paltry sum for book publishers, maybe.

It's too easy to self publish these days. Several HN posters have written there own books in a relatively short period of time and made >25-50k, which is probably better than their hourly rate.

If somebody like Dave Cheney or Gustavo Niemeyer wrote and self published a go ebook, I'd certainly buy it.

Who do you think should write this book?