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

Fri Aug 26 00:07:56 EDT 2005

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Pat
patrend at bigpond.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Shafer" <revdan at danshafer.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ANN] Shafer Media Offers Dan's Books in New Form,Upgrades Vol. 
1

> 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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