From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T03:48:22+09:00
Subject: Re: [ADV] Second Edition of Agile Web Development with Rails


On May 2, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Peter C. Verhage wrote:

>> No love for us first edition buyers, pre- April 1st ?
>
> Yeah that would be nice. Never bought a book that was outdated  
> within a year...


Well, to be fair, it wasn't us that outdated it, but the changes to  
Rails. We could have kept the first edition as it was.

The decision to create a second edition was an incredibly hard one:  
it's a commitment to many, many months of effort to produce. During  
that time, the availability of a second edition beta will be hurting  
sales of the first edition paper book that's still out there. As a  
business decision, it's risky at best.

But, we're proud of that book, and we want to make sure it stays  
useful. Creating the second edition seemed the best way to do that.

Regards


Dave