This just in: authorless TDPL becomes collector's edition

[Mike James]

"Jacob Carlborg" <doob at me.com> wrote in message 
news:hvr503$287g$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 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

Maybe the color PDF will be another collectors item ;-)

-=mike=-