From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-04-18T12:36:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] "Ruby for Rails" now available in PDF!

Hi --

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Ray Baxter wrote:

> Keith Lancaster wrote:
>
>> Ray Baxter wrote:
>>> Jeff Casimir wrote:
>> 
>>> The PDF is included when you buy the print version. Add it to your cart
>>> and you will see.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Ray
>> 
>> Sorry to be dense, but add "what"? I've tried adding the pdf and then the 
>> hard copy, vice versa, and just doing the hard copy to see if it mentions 
>> the pdf. If both the pdf and the book are in the list, the price jumps to 
>> the sum of the two regardless of the order I add thing in.
>> A little help here?
>
> The manning site is different than it was when I tested this on Saturday. 
> When I clicked on the "Add to cart" button next to the Print version, I got a 
> shopping cart page with two items in it and no charge for the pdf.
>
> The old page was a Manning hosted page, not the current Yahoo stores 
> implementation.

Yeah, I think this was part of the migration pains Manning has had in
the past 7-10 days as they've changed things around.  (Just to add a
little drama to the launching of my book, I guess :-)

At this point you should definitely get both when you order the paper.


David

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David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net)
Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypowerandlight.com)

"Ruby for Rails" PDF now on sale!  http://www.manning.com/black
Paper version coming in early May!