This just in: authorless TDPL becomes collector's edition

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2010-06-22 14:51, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 06/22/2010 07:45 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2010-06-21 21:23, Mike James wrote:
>>> Got my "collectors item" delivered today from Amazon UK. Looks good. I
>>> like
>>> the bonus of being able to download a PDF version of TDPL.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the hard work Andrei.
>>>
>>> -=mike=-
>>>
>>> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
>>> news:hu3hq6$2f04$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>
>> What happened to the nice looking PDF file we saw previews on, that one
>> with syntax highlighting and a green background in the code example?
>
> That's the iPad edition :o).
>
> Now seriously, what happens is that what you see is exactly what went to
> the printer. I can configure colors for a color edition, but for now the
> publisher asked me for black and white.
>
> Andrei

That's too bad. I can understand that the publisher want it in black and 
withe but the PDF, it would have been nice to the PDF in color.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg