Dan, Awesome!!!
Judy On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Dan Shafer wrote: > Fellow Revolutionaries: > > EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ANNOUNCEMENT > > I know you're busy like me so I don't want to force you to wade > through six paragraphs to get to the bottom-line message. Here are > the highlights of this announcement: > > * Shafer Media is now selling an updated version of my Vol. 1 > "Software at the Speed of Thought" as a SmartEBook (electronic form, > other goodies included, self-updating) > * All of my Rev books will be released as SmartEBooks, effective > immediately. > * While they last, printed copies of the old Vol. 1 are available > through my store (http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html) for > $24.95 + shipping & handling, a savings of $12.05 over the old price. > > Now here's the deathless prose for those inclined to indulge: > > ======================================================================== > ====================================== > > While a formal announcement will be released on Tuesday, I wanted to > give the amazing members of this iist a heads-up about some exciting > news concerning the publication of my ongoing series of books about > Revolution. > > RunRev and my company, Shafer Media, have agreed that Shafer Media > will become the official press of Revolution and assume > responsibility for publishing, marketing, and distribution of the > current and future titles in my "Software at the Speed of Thought" > series, effective immediately. > > At the same time, Shafer Media is announcing a new, revised and > slightly expanded version of the first volume in what was once > planned as a three-volume set of books. The new edition of that > volume is now available in electronic form only from http:// > www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html. Over 100 corrections and > clarifications have been made in this new release in response to > feedback from dozens of readers. This eBook is available through the > Shafer Media Store right now for Windows and OSX for $29.95. (An OS 9 > version may happen if we can resolve some technical glitches.) > > Not only that (I'm starting to sound like a Ginzu knife salesman > here, I know, but there's lots to say), all of these eBooks -- > including the two released topical eBooks on Rev as a CGI and Rev > Custom Properties -- are being delivered using innovative new > SmartEBooks(tm) technology. For you as a reader, this means that the > eBooks will keep themselves current automatically when you open them, > just like software does. It also means many SmartEBooks will consist > not only of PDF files but also of accompanying audio video, text, and > software code files (source and/or binary) in a single downloadable > package. For example, Volume 1 of the Rev series, when delivered as a > SmartEBook, has all of the major sample stacks and laboratory > exercises included as Rev stacks you can run, tweak, take apart, play > with, and learn from. > > RunRev will continue to sell the book as a SmartEBook via their site > store. All other titles in the series will be available only through > the Shafer Media Store (http://www.shafermediastore.com). > > What about printed books, you ask? Well, we still have a limited > number of copies of the print edition avaialble for sale. They, of > course, do not have the additions and corrections I made in the > second edition being released today as a SmartEBook. We plan to offer > a print-on-demand solution for those who want a hard copy of the > second edition but we are still searching for a reliable, affordable > outlet for that product. Stay tuned for another announcement soon. > Meanwhile, I'm dropping the price on the remaining printed copies > from $37 to $24.95 plus shipping & handling while supplies last, > which probably won't be long. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author > http://www.shafermedia.com > Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" > From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution