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

This is fantastic! Congratulations!

-- 
Paul O'Neil
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On 19/08/2015 12:57 p.m., 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

Congrats!

Out of interest, why did you choose createspace over e.g. lulu?

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 have been happy with CreateSpace's flow and how easy it's been to publish. I have one huge complaint though: It was impossible to send proof copies to more than one address at the same time. To do that, one has to upload a new content (even if there is no change) to change the state of the flow to "needs reviewing", which takes a day or two for them to say that it's ok to publish. Only then one can order a copy to another address. I had three addresses that I wanted to ship. I am sure they will change their process to fix that issue. Anyway, it's history now. :)

Ali

bought. I don't suppose there is something limited edition about this first print? :D

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Ali Çehreli < digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> 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 have been happy with CreateSpace's flow and how easy it's been to publish. I have one huge complaint though: It was impossible to send proof copies to more than one address at the same time. To do that, one has to upload a new content (even if there is no change) to change the state of the flow to "needs reviewing", which takes a day or two for them to say that it's ok to publish. Only then one can order a copy to another address. I had three addresses that I wanted to ship. I am sure they will change their process to fix that issue. Anyway, it's history now. :)
>
> Ali
>
>

On 08/18/2015 11:03 PM, Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> bought. I don't suppose there is something limited edition about this first
> print? :D

Thank you very much! You are either the first or the second buyer. Nothing special other than that... :)

Ali

On 19/08/2015 5:33 p.m., 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 have been happy with CreateSpace's flow and how easy it's been to
> publish. I have one huge complaint though: It was impossible to send
> proof copies to more than one address at the same time. To do that, one
> has to upload a new content (even if there is no change) to change the
> state of the flow to "needs reviewing", which takes a day or two for
> them to say that it's ok to publish. Only then one can order a copy to
> another address. I had three addresses that I wanted to ship. I am sure
> they will change their process to fix that issue. Anyway, it's history
> now. :)
>
> Ali

Humm, I see interesting. Thanks!

Ali, great news!

P.S. is not too late to change cover to something another? I think so great book should have a little bit better cover...

On 08/18/2015 11:41 PM, Suliman wrote:

> P.S. is not too late to change cover to something another? I think so
> great book should have a little bit better cover...

Thank you but no, the cover stays. :) Everything about a book, including the cover takes a lot of time and many iterations to get to the final stage. :-/

The cover happens to be a subjective matter. Many people (inlcuding me) actually like the cover.

Ali

>"Ali Çehreli" <acehreli@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:mr0k9s$2mdv$1@digitalmars.com...
>I am very happy! :)

So am I (just ordered).

Christof