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August 19, 2015 "Programming in D" paper book is available for purchase | ||||
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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 |
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli | This is fantastic! Congratulations!
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli | 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?
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August 19, 2015 Re: "Programming in D" paper book is available for purchase | ||||
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Posted in reply to Rikki Cattermole | 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 |
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli Attachments:
| 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 > > |
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Posted in reply to Rory McGuire | 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
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli | 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!
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August 19, 2015 Re: "Programming in D" paper book is available for purchase | ||||
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli | 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... |
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Posted in reply to Suliman | 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 |
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Posted in reply to Ali Çehreli | >"Ali Çehreli" <acehreli@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:mr0k9s$2mdv$1@digitalmars.com...
>I am very happy! :)
So am I (just ordered).
Christof
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