This just in: authorless TDPL becomes collector's edition

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:11:04 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 06/01/2010 01:04 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:59:32 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Due to a pretty odd mistake at the printer, the first 1000 copies of
>>> TDPL will not have the name of the author on their cover. (The name
>>> still appears on the back cover and the spine.)
>>>
>>> The history of printing is rife with rare printing mistakes that have
>>> become collector's editions. Preorder now to be among the first 1000
>>> readers who get the authorless TDPL edition.
>>
>> *cough* marketing ploy
>>
>> ;)
>
> Wish it was a ploy! It's a mistake, which my editor and I joked about  
> reframing as a positive.

Yes, I got it :)  My assertion was not serious as well.

"Buy within the next hour, and we'll send you a second TDPL ABSOLUTELY  
FREE!! (+$49.95 S+H)"

I hope at least you get royalties for those, even though your name isn't  
on the front cover :)

-Steve