May 9, 2008
Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book
Extending an short offer made at the end of the last quarter, CodeGear is offering the electronic version of my book "Delphi 2007 Handbook" and a license of QuickReport 5 standard to anyone buying or upgrading to Delphi 2007 (or RAD Studio 2007 or C++Builder 2007) in any version. This is quite a good deal. I sold them a flat license, so I don't get any extra money from individual sales... but it is a good way to get the book promoted. If you plan reading all of the 250 pages, buying also the printed version still makes some sense.... but I know I still owe you the second blog post about the book publishing business...
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Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book
Hi Marco, We had an email discussion a couple of month ago (around Christmas) when I also bought "Delphi 2007 Handbook", regarding the possibility for the owners of the printed book to have also delivered (once available) FREE or for a small fee the e-book version. Any thoughts on this ? Keep the good work ....Comment by El Cyparu on May 10, 01:54
Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book
El, the problem is that Lulu shields buyers from sellers, so I don't have a list of people who bought my book. This is a pity, as I could offer them discounts on newer editions, free or low-priced ebooks, and more... On the other hand, as a buyer I understand the privacy concerns they have and the fact the want to keep control of the transactions (present and future).Comment by Marco Cantù [http://www.marcocantu.com] on May 10, 10:09
Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book
Hi Marco, I just renewed my SA on April 01, does that count for a free book? I have the CG e-mail if you need proof. Thanks, KenComment by Ken Brumback [http://lockheedmartin.com/] on May 14, 19:28
Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book
Ken, I doubt the SA is covered, plus April 1 was after the end-of-march promotion and before the new promotion... of course, you should ask CodeGear and not me... but seems that if you want a copy of the book you'll have to buy one <g>.Comment by Marco Cantù [http://www.marcocantu.com] on May 14, 19:36
Buy Delphi, Get the PDF of My Book
Very good comment. My Favorit Blog. Thanks AutoversicherungComment by Autoversicherung [http://www.6i6.de] on May 15, 14:57
Might be back
Hey Marco, might just do that :) I have after 10 years with Visual Studio (actually more like 13 starting with Visual C++ 1.52), decided NOT to upgrade from 2005 to 2008. Which makes me on the search for alternatives. SharpDevelop turned out lightweight (my giant solution consisting of around 30 dll projects,console apps and winforms projects loads in seconds instead of minutes as is the case in vs) and really nice, and it would be perfect if I only had WinForms solutions. But for ASP.NET (expecially my hundred or so existing solutions ) SharpDebelop not too much fun. Now off to download the RAD eval and see if that's the way to go.Comment by Becoing a pilot [http://flightschools.aircraftdata.net] on May 20, 11:29
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