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

[Pat Trendler]

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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