From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-06-11T07:29:05+09:00 Subject: Re: The cover of "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Robert Klemme wrote: > On 10.06.2009 15:21, David A. Black wrote: >> >> Hi all -- >> >> I've gotten a couple of questions about why there seem to be two >> covers for my new book, "The Well-Grounded Rubyist". >> >> Answer: the cover was redesigned, late in the production process, and >> the original cover is still in circulation online. Unfortunately, for >> example, Amazon still uses the old cover. (It seems to be essentially >> impossible to get them to update anything.) >> >> So, to answer the question I've been getting: there is only one book! >> The two covers don't mean there are two editions; it's just the result >> of a time-lag in getting the new cover out. >> >> All printed copies have the new cover. > > Amazing: we're living in web 2.0 times and a printed book is more current > than an online medium.  I guess this does not happen too often these days. And the Amazon page doesn't show the back cover, so it doesn't show my eloquent blurb, which was edited down to slightly less than a full sentence! -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale