[ANN] Shafer Media Offers Dan's Books in New Form, Upgrades Vol. 1

[Dan Shafer]

Pat.....

Hmmmmmmm.

Something clearly went wrong here. Can you tell me what version of  
what OS you're running and what file name you got when you downloaded?

I tested all of this eight ways from Sunday but there's always a ninth.

dan

On Aug 25, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Pat Trendler wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Just bought your new SmartEBook - but, the download is only 221  
> bytes. Help!
>
> Pat
> patrend at bigpond.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Shafer" <revdan at danshafer.com>
> To: "Revolution List" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 10:29 AM
> Subject: [ANN] Shafer Media Offers Dan's Books in New Form,  
> Upgrades Vol. 1
>
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
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