If we were gonna do anything of the sort I think it would need to be a group ongoing effort. I've been considering doing something similar in the future online first. Basically we need to assure quality and a somewhat consistent style/format for writing. Basically what I imagine is people marking what they consider to be good threads then a group of editors would consolidate these answers into one clear response. All of the contributors would be listed on each entry. All contributors would also need to know about how their answers were going to be used and the terms involved.

Personally I don't think one person is qualified to handle an effort of this magnitude and I think you would be treading on dangerous territory by doing so. You don't have explicit permission from the authors and you don't own this website. Any profit made from an effort like this would have to be split in some fashion between the authors of the entries and PerlMonks.org in my mind. Permission for the undertaking should be given by the authors of the text and the people and the company that makes this site a reality.

vroom | Tim Vroom | vroom@cs.hope.edu