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

[Judy Perry]

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:
>
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> ======================================
>
> 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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