"Programming in D" paper book is available for purchase

[Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce]

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 at 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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