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For what it's worth, YC is helping Ted Nelson sell his "Computer Lib / Dream Machines" book: https://twitter.com/nolimits/status/1087770718878687232 https://twi

by jf 8y ago

For what it's worth, YC is helping Ted Nelson sell his "Computer Lib / Dream Machines" book: https://twitter.com/nolimits/status/1087770718878687232 https://twitter.com/nolimits/status/1087770718878687232 This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format.

wanderingjew 8y ago
Glad to see YC is catching up to what Microsoft did in the 80s.
- 1123581321 8y ago
  Are you saying that a third printing is derivative if someone else did the second printing? I’m not aware of how common it is to have different publishers or presses handle successive reprints.
- adora 8y ago
  It's not really affiliated with YC; I just happen to work there. I met Ted while trying to find a copy of the book and when he told me he had a bunch in storage, I volunteered to help sell the rest. 100% sales go to him. This edition is just a reprint of his first edition. Ted re-published it himself. I haven't read the Microsoft edition yet but I know Ted hates what they did with his book.
  - AlbertoGP 8y ago
    > I haven't read the Microsoft edition yet but I know Ted hates what they did with his book. Here is a review of the book that describes the problem: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200301/computer_libdream_machines.html https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200301/computer_libdream_mach... > The 1987 revised edition is classic ‘80 laser-printer chaos, and is not nearly as nice to read: the dimensions have been scaled down resulting in text narrowly wrapped, and awkwardly flowed from page to page.
tivert 8y ago
> This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format. Can you go into more about that?
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  Because it's hard to hold your laptop upside down when you're reading Dream Machines.
- yesenadam 8y ago
  It's 2 books in 1 - both covers are front covers.
DonHopkins 8y ago
"Computer Lib / Dream Machines" is a classic masterpiece that will flip you out!
- mpweiher 8y ago
  LOL! It'll turn your world upside down!
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by jf 8y ago

wanderingjew 8y ago

Glad to see YC is catching up to what Microsoft did in the 80s.

1123581321 8y ago
Are you saying that a third printing is derivative if someone else did the second printing? I’m not aware of how common it is to have different publishers or presses handle successive reprints.
adora 8y ago
It's not really affiliated with YC; I just happen to work there. I met Ted while trying to find a copy of the book and when he told me he had a bunch in storage, I volunteered to help sell the rest. 100% sales go to him. This edition is just a reprint of his first edition. Ted re-published it himself. I haven't read the Microsoft edition yet but I know Ted hates what they did with his book.
- AlbertoGP 8y ago
  > I haven't read the Microsoft edition yet but I know Ted hates what they did with his book. Here is a review of the book that describes the problem: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200301/computer_libdream_machines.html https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200301/computer_libdream_mach... > The 1987 revised edition is classic ‘80 laser-printer chaos, and is not nearly as nice to read: the dimensions have been scaled down resulting in text narrowly wrapped, and awkwardly flowed from page to page.

tivert 8y ago

> This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format. Can you go into more about that?

DonHopkins 8y ago
Because it's hard to hold your laptop upside down when you're reading Dream Machines.
yesenadam 8y ago
It's 2 books in 1 - both covers are front covers.

DonHopkins 8y ago

"Computer Lib / Dream Machines" is a classic masterpiece that will flip you out!

mpweiher 8y ago
LOL! It'll turn your world upside down!

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