My new book is now finished - 430+ pages (without index) of lovely GLBasic technical goodness.
If you could have a look at the PDF file and let me know if there are any errors and/or omissions, that would be useful
I've not had a thorough look through it, but I love what I have seen so far. :booze:
Well done. Excellent work. :good:
Now for Volume II. :P
Great work, very comprehensive and professional. Had a quick scan for the missing commands, that are not in the CHM manual, all seem present. Well done! :good:
Any idea on cost yet?
Also, a "GLB Techniques" book would be a great follow up IMHO
Cheers,
Ian
P.S. I helped create the manual tutorials many moons ago with Gernot (yes, you can blame me!), its good to see some of them in a book at long last! ;)
Lulu recommend a price of - you better be sitting down - £62.25 ($98.17/E 71.89) excluding VAT and delivery costs
Although I will probably charge a little less...
I just got a book printed for my mom at:
https://www.createspace.com/ (https://www.createspace.com/)
(Her book is: https://www.createspace.com/3463578 (https://www.createspace.com/3463578), I did the cover and layout, ha!)
They charged $4 USD for a 250 page book [Edit: That's with a $40 'Pro' account upgrade to get that price], plus shipping, duty, etc, came to about $8 total maybe.
They sell it on their site for a markup, and can list it through Amazon.com for a smaller profit.
You could order prints yourself and self-market the book, or just get them to handle the sales and they take a portion of the profit.
So far they've been great, and fast. Just thought I'd mention them.
I'll see what price they recommend :)
Unfortunately, the maximum number of pages they can do is 250... So I'll stick with Lulu :)
will they provide price offs for making > 25 copies?
Try to contact a few official publishers. (Data Becker in Gemrany - there's surely UK/USA ones out there).
Unfortunately standard book publishers like to go for dead-certs or where there is a fairly large initial cost.
I've contacted one UK publisher so I'll see what they say.
Quote from: MrTAToad on 2010-Sep-30
My new book is now finished - 430+ pages (without index) of lovely GLBasic technical goodness.
If you could have a look at the PDF file and let me know if there are any errors and/or omissions, that would be useful
where can I get the PDF from please MrT?
download the [GLBasic Programmers Reference Guide.rar ] on the first post, extract it and there you are.
Thats right - its in the first post.
Comments and superlative praise quite welcome :)
Quote from: erico on 2010-Oct-01
download the [GLBasic Programmers Reference Guide.rar ] on the first post, extract it and there you are.
Cheers! I didnt see it the first time.
Well smack me for being a dumb mother f****r :)
O and do you know when the hard copy will be available? Call me old school but still like the physical books.
I'm hoping Gernot will be able to add feedback from the version I sent yesterday, but technically it is ready at any time - once people have made sure its accurate.
Slightly updated version is included in this post
I'm checking it, by the way, excellent job you got there! Outstandiest! hehe
thks for sharing too.
I'll buy a digital version for sure, I don't like a printed version since I have an Eee PC as extra reading tool, how much a digital version will cost?
Yes, PDF conversion doesn't retain line numbering unfortunately.
Okay. I've included the current cover and PDF file.
I'll add some of your comments to the back page later on when people have had a good look at the book.
The price is now just over £27 - unfortunately the pictures will be in black and white (because the layout chosen doesn't allow colour printing), although the download version should be in colour...
To make the sample code stand out a bit more, I'll be putting it in a box :
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Well done on the cover pattern. :enc: I like it and it will look great on school and public library shelves. :glare:
QuoteWell done. Excellent work.
Now for Volume II.
Thanks! There wont be a Volume 2 - of anything - for a while... I really should get on with my game :)
However, one obvious
idea would be DDGui...
By the way, I do hope people wont mind me quoting them for the back page of the cover =D
The digital version is around £3.50 or so...
I've made the book available now (http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/glbasic-programmers-reference-guide/12933525)
There should be a download version available for £3-odd, whilst the book is £27.96
455 pages, black and white pictures unfortunately, due to the page size not allowing colour for some reason :blink:
So, if anyone has found anything thats incorrect, now is the time to let me know :)
Not bad, but LET is outdatet! :D
Quote from: Schranz0r on 2010-Oct-03
Not bad, but LET is outdatet! :D
I do mention that LET is outdated in the Command Reference section. It is also somewhat mentioned in the first tutorial too.
However, no matter how outdated the command is, its still a valid one :)
Bought ALL digital versions with LULU's cybermonday coupon... great books, and that's a STEAL!
Page 15 of the GLBPRG has some graphics missing, representing the masking of sprites.
Oh and the Lulu Cybermonday code is "CYBER305"
Cheers,
Ian
Will have to check that with my copy! Thanks for that.
finally bought both PROGRAMMERS REFERENCE GUIDE and USER GUIDE(second ed) pdf version.
Great addons to my humble setup.
Glad you like it!
I couldn't find anything wrong with the sprite pictures... Perhaps you have a (rare) early copy!