From: Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally@...>
Date: 2006-09-20T08:05:31+09:00
Subject: Re: [ADV] Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book is now available

Thanks for the input; I just put that up as a test to make sure it
worked.  I think you're definitely right.  I'll make a change tonight
to include a cut from two chapters rather than simply the first.

WRT to Lulu, I've seen one of their color books.  The printing was
so-so for what the person was doing (a photo book on non-glossy paper
= not a good idea), but it seemed like an actually really good quality
job in general.  The binding was tight and the paper decent weight,
much like you would expect from a "traditional" publisher.

The PDFs are DRM free since I generated them myself, and I wouldn't
ever want to put DRM on them. :)

Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for checking my book out.

--Jeremy

On 9/19/06, A. S. Bradbury <asbradbury@tekcentral.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 22:57, Jeremy McAnally wrote:
> > Sure thing; click on the print link on
> > http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/ and then click on the print link,
> > then "preview this book." Or, go here:
> > http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=433384
> >
> > Thanks :)
> > Jeremy
>
> Ah, I only checked the ebook version, which lacks a link to a preview. Now, I
> hate to be a whiner but I think the first chapter is a poor choice for a
> preview. A prospective purchaser checking out the preview wants to know -
> does this author's style suit me? Does it cover topics at the level and depth
> I'm looking for? The getting started and background bit doesn't really show
> that. Just my 2 cents, I have no idea if you get any choice in this regard.
>
> Great price point by the way. I keep meaning to have a good look at Lulu. It
> looks very attractive (perhaps 25% of your cut is a little much for digital
> downloads, but it does include payment processing..), I've done some
> searching and can't find any mention of DRM, so can I assume the PDFs are
> DRM-free?
>
> Provided the pdf is drm free, I'll certainly be giving this a whirl. Different
> approaches to introducing programming languages are always interesting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>