Am Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:57:31 -0700
schrieb Ali Çehreli <acehreli@yahoo.com>:

> I am very happy! :)
> 
> It will be available on many other distribution channels like Amazon in a few days as well but the following is the link that pays me the most royalty:
> 
>    https://www.createspace.com/5618128
> 
> This revision has many corrections and improvements over the one on the web site, which was from December 2014. (Thank you, Luís Marques!)
> 
> I am too excited to list the changes right now but I can say that it is up to date with 2.068. :D
> 
> eBook formats will follow but here are two almost-production-ready versions, which, hopefully apparent from their names, will disappear soon:
> 
>    http://ddili.org/deleteme.epub
> 
>    http://ddili.org/deleteme.azw3
> 
> And the book will always be freely available as well but I haven't updated the web site yet.
> 
> Enjoy, and go buy some books! ;)
> 
> Ali

Awesome!

BTW: For everybody searching on amazon.de: Use the full title "Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference". If you only search for "Programming in D" it's not on the first few result pages...

On 08/20/2015 07:02 AM, Johannes Pfau wrote:

> BTW: For everybody searching on amazon.de: Use the full title
> "Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference". If you only search for
> "Programming in D" it's not on the first few result pages...

Thanks for the tip. I think Amazon's search engine is slowly learning and perhaps the European site is a little behind.

Just "Programming in D" with quotes were sufficient to find on the US site right away. Today, it is on the first search page even when searched without the quotes (still at the bottom though). (Of course, the results may be customized for the logged in user; I don't know.)

Ali

Am Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:09:53 -0700
schrieb Ali Çehreli <acehreli@yahoo.com>:

> On 08/20/2015 07:02 AM, Johannes Pfau wrote:
> 
>  > BTW: For everybody searching on amazon.de: Use the full title
>  > "Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference". If you only search for
>  > "Programming in D" it's not on the first few result pages...
> 
> Thanks for the tip. I think Amazon's search engine is slowly learning and perhaps the European site is a little behind.
> 
> Just "Programming in D" with quotes were sufficient to find on the US site right away. Today, it is on the first search page even when searched without the quotes (still at the bottom though). (Of course, the results may be customized for the logged in user; I don't know.)
> 
> Ali
> 

"Programming in D" with quotes seems to work on the german amazon.de page as well. I first searched without quotes and erroneously assumed it's not available from amazon.de. I guess this might improve once enough copies have been sold, but this of course takes some more time on the german amazon page ;-)

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 00:57:32 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> I am very happy! :)
>
> It will be available on many other distribution channels like Amazon in a few days as well but the following is the link that pays me the most royalty:
>
>   https://www.createspace.com/5618128
>
> This revision has many corrections and improvements over the one on the web site, which was from December 2014. (Thank you, Luís Marques!)
>
> I am too excited to list the changes right now but I can say that it is up to date with 2.068. :D
>
> eBook formats will follow but here are two almost-production-ready versions, which, hopefully apparent from their names, will disappear soon:
>
>   http://ddili.org/deleteme.epub
>
>   http://ddili.org/deleteme.azw3
>
> And the book will always be freely available as well but I haven't updated the web site yet.
>
> Enjoy, and go buy some books! ;)
>
> Ali

I ordered my copy this morning. This book is fantastic and it deserves its place near Andrei's and Adam's books on one's bookshelf.

Congratulations for this achievement, Ali.

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 00:57:32 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Enjoy, and go buy some books! ;)

Thank you!

On Thursday, 20 August 2015 at 17:09:54 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 08/20/2015 07:02 AM, Johannes Pfau wrote:
>
> > BTW: For everybody searching on amazon.de: Use the full title
> > "Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference". If you only
> search for
> > "Programming in D" it's not on the first few result pages...
>
> Thanks for the tip. I think Amazon's search engine is slowly learning and perhaps the European site is a little behind.
>
> Just "Programming in D" with quotes were sufficient to find on the US site right away. Today, it is on the first search page even when searched without the quotes (still at the bottom though). (Of course, the results may be customized for the logged in user; I don't know.)
>
> Ali

Thanks. Its available on amazon. "Programming in D" does not bring it up as the first result although i think you can contact them to have them fix it faster.

I think you made a wise choice directing it towards new programmers rather than stubborn C/C++ die hards.

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 00:57:32 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> I am very happy! :)
>

So am I! Finally I'll have it in my hands soon, thanks! Maybe I'll get a more frequent "D user" with your help ;)

>
> And the book will always be freely available as well but I haven't updated the web site yet.
>

Another great reason for me to buy it :O

> Enjoy, and go buy some books! ;)
>

Did it the other way around :P Ordered and now wait for the joy ;)

> Ali

THANKS Ali!

On 08/18/2015 10:33 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

> On 08/18/2015 09:33 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>
>  > Out of interest, why did you choose createspace over e.g. lulu?
>
> I looked at various options about a year ago. I eliminated Lulu because
> my book already had way too many pages over their limit. I think their
> limit was something around 600 pages. I now have 798 pages but either
> they changed their options or put up better information that I should be
> able fit 740 pages with some layout changes:
>
>
> http://connect.lulu.com/t5/Product-Pricing-Information/Binding-options-and-their-page-counts/ta-p/33673 

>
>
> Additionally, according to my research at the time, CreateSpace was the
> one of the ones that would give me the most royalty.
>
> I eliminated other companies for other reasons e.g. because they would
> not take pdf, which my build system happens to produce for historical
> reasons.

I've just realized that going with CreateSpace (Amazon owns it) makes the book virtually impossible to appear on book shelves. This is both because the booksellers make less money and more importantly, because books obtained from CreateSpace are non-returnable. I've just received the following quote from the buyer of an independent book seller:

  "It is our company policy not to carry stock for titles that
   Amazon has published as they are our competitors and we do not
   agree with their business practices."

Luckily, it seems to be possible to publish the book at Ingram as well:


http://bookmarketingtools.com/blog/benefit-of-self-publishing-with-createspace-and-ingram-spark/

I will try that route.

Ali

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 00:57:32 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> I am very happy! :)
>
> It will be available on many other distribution channels like Amazon in a few days as well but the following is the link that pays me the most royalty:
>
>   https://www.createspace.com/5618128
>


Awesome! Congratulations!!
I'll order that.

On 08/31/2015 04:46 PM, John wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 August 2015 at 00:57:32 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> I am very happy! :)
>>
>> It will be available on many other distribution channels like Amazon
>> in a few days as well but the following is the link that pays me the
>> most royalty:
>>
>>   https://www.createspace.com/5618128
>>
>
>
> Awesome! Congratulations!!
> I'll order that.

Thanks! :) However, if you already have an Amazon (or Barnes and Noble, etc.) account with potential perks, nobody should be forced to create yet another account on CreateSpace. Of course, buy it from wherever you feel comfortable.

Ali