TDPL ebook

[Daniel Gibson]

Andrei Alexandrescu schrieb:
> On 8/27/10 13:04 PDT, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>> == Quote from sergk (kovrov+puremagic at gmail.com)'s article
>>> Despite word "download" being mentioned. What safari really provide,
>>> is an "online version" of the book, not "electronic version".
>>> When I've bought paperback TDPL, I was kinda hoping to read "bonus
>>> book" on my kindle dx, leaving paperback book on my office desk as
>>> promo for my colleagues and guests. Well, too good to be truth.
>>> FWIW, I would still like to have a kindle version. Pdf is fine too.
>>
>> Has this changed? I bought TDPL in early July, registered at 
>> informit/Safari Books
>> Online and could download a PDF version, which was even updated about 
>> two weeks
>> later. Those versions were labeled "Rough Cuts" but whatever..
>> So I got a nice searchable (and even updated) PDF version of the book 
>> that I can
>> use forever, even when the free 45day subscription expires (and I 
>> certainly
>> wouldn't pay for a Safari Online subscription just to use a digital 
>> version of a
>> book I already bought).
>> It has my name and E-Mail Address on every page, but this is okay, 
>> it's probably
>> meant to be some kind of copy protection.
>>
>> Andrei: Please make this version available again for anyone who bought 
>> your book,
>> because many people like having a searchable PDF in addition to the 
>> real dead-tree
>> book. I think the way it was handled in early July (get a free 45day 
>> subscription
>> and the possibility to download the book as PDF within that time) was 
>> really fair
>> - although I certainly wouldn't mind getting updated versions of the 
>> book even
>> after that 45day period - and useful.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Daniel
> 
> Thanks. I will forward this suggestion to my editor, and I'll also raise 
> the possibility of offering electronic copies alone. I also want to 
> offer an electronic color edition for readers that support colors.
> 
> Andrei

Great!
Thanks very much :-)