Andrei Alexandrescu schrieb:
On 8/27/10 13:04 PDT, Daniel Gibson wrote:
== Quote from sergk (kovrov+purema...@gmail.com)'s article
Despite word "download" being mentioned. What safari really provide,
is an "online version" of the book, not "electronic version".
When I've bought paperback TDPL, I was kinda hoping to read "bonus
book" on my kindle dx, leaving paperback book on my office desk as
promo for my colleagues and guests. Well, too good to be truth.
FWIW, I would still like to have a kindle version. Pdf is fine too.
Has this changed? I bought TDPL in early July, registered at
informit/Safari Books
Online and could download a PDF version, which was even updated about
two weeks
later. Those versions were labeled "Rough Cuts" but whatever..
So I got a nice searchable (and even updated) PDF version of the book
that I can
use forever, even when the free 45day subscription expires (and I
certainly
wouldn't pay for a Safari Online subscription just to use a digital
version of a
book I already bought).
It has my name and E-Mail Address on every page, but this is okay,
it's probably
meant to be some kind of copy protection.
Andrei: Please make this version available again for anyone who bought
your book,
because many people like having a searchable PDF in addition to the
real dead-tree
book. I think the way it was handled in early July (get a free 45day
subscription
and the possibility to download the book as PDF within that time) was
really fair
- although I certainly wouldn't mind getting updated versions of the
book even
after that 45day period - and useful.
Cheers,
- Daniel
Thanks. I will forward this suggestion to my editor, and I'll also raise
the possibility of offering electronic copies alone. I also want to
offer an electronic color edition for readers that support colors.
Andrei
Great!
Thanks very much :-)
