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>Ed2592 Press is the leading publisher of books for computer science, cryptography, X, the Internet, and other open systems, as well as a pioneer in online publ

by asicsp 5y ago

>Ed2592 Press is the leading publisher of books for computer science, cryptography, X, the Internet, and other open systems, as well as a pioneer in online publishing. >Catalog Cooming soon :) Apart from the typo, how is Ed2592 Press a leading publisher without even a Catalog to explore? May be I missed something? I did find the explanation for 2592 interesting.

geoah 5y ago
Yeah the name has an interesting story. > “What is the difference between 2592 and 2^5 * 9^2? There is none because 25 equals 32, 92 equals 81 and 32 * 81 = 2592. 2592 is one of those numbers called printer error numbers. The concept is simple. If some digits of a number, without changing their position, are set to exponent without altering the value, then this number is a printer error number. Thus: numbers from printing error are different representations of the same number.
- animesh 5y ago
  Are there other numbers like this?
  - ed2592 5y ago
    Yes, but 2592 is the only number that has 4 digits https://erich-friedman.github.io/mathmagic/0601.html https://erich-friedman.github.io/mathmagic/0601.html
ed2592 5y ago
Thanks for the question. We were another little publishing house that released two, three technical books per year. Unfortunately, due to the previous owner, we made many errors (such as investing time and resources into a project that we found was a scam) and we lost part of our readers. Our former business was really a pain, tons of people high-paid only to waste time on stupid books. Economic crisis of 2008 and 2011 in Italy contributed to this and we losted earnings. I am one of the previous employee and after a discussion with the former owner, we got the rights to redistribute the content. The old company was removed, and all the employee (10) were fired. Currently we are focusing on re-editing our books and developing a solid business plan. We know it's a little bit ambitious to say pioneer, but we were one of the first technical publishing houses to release digital content in the early 90s (in Italy).
- asicsp 5y ago
  Thanks for the explanation, good luck with the new set up :)
  - ed2592 5y ago
    Glad to be in trending! We admire HN community :)
wizzwizz4 5y ago
> May be I missed something? Chapter 3 gives some hints: > Bookstores tell us that the thing they find most remarkable about our success is how consistently all of our books sell. In fact, Borders, the most respected and successful bookstore chain in the country, reports that ORA is their top publisher, in any category, in terms of consistent sell-through of our entire line of books. Other bookstores tell us that their customers often ask them for the “O’Reilly book” on a topic. Our reputation will help sell your book.

by asicsp 5y ago

geoah 5y ago

Yeah the name has an interesting story. > “What is the difference between 2592 and 2^5 * 9^2? There is none because 25 equals 32, 92 equals 81 and 32 * 81 = 2592. 2592 is one of those numbers called printer error numbers. The concept is simple. If some digits of a number, without changing their position, are set to exponent without altering the value, then this number is a printer error number. Thus: numbers from printing error are different representations of the same number.

animesh 5y ago
Are there other numbers like this?
- ed2592 5y ago
  Yes, but 2592 is the only number that has 4 digits https://erich-friedman.github.io/mathmagic/0601.html https://erich-friedman.github.io/mathmagic/0601.html

ed2592 5y ago

Thanks for the question. We were another little publishing house that released two, three technical books per year. Unfortunately, due to the previous owner, we made many errors (such as investing time and resources into a project that we found was a scam) and we lost part of our readers. Our former business was really a pain, tons of people high-paid only to waste time on stupid books. Economic crisis of 2008 and 2011 in Italy contributed to this and we losted earnings. I am one of the previous employee and after a discussion with the former owner, we got the rights to redistribute the content. The old company was removed, and all the employee (10) were fired. Currently we are focusing on re-editing our books and developing a solid business plan. We know it's a little bit ambitious to say pioneer, but we were one of the first technical publishing houses to release digital content in the early 90s (in Italy).

asicsp 5y ago
Thanks for the explanation, good luck with the new set up :)
- ed2592 5y ago
  Glad to be in trending! We admire HN community :)

wizzwizz4 5y ago

> May be I missed something? Chapter 3 gives some hints: > Bookstores tell us that the thing they find most remarkable about our success is how consistently all of our books sell. In fact, Borders, the most respected and successful bookstore chain in the country, reports that ORA is their top publisher, in any category, in terms of consistent sell-through of our entire line of books. Other bookstores tell us that their customers often ask them for the “O’Reilly book” on a topic. Our reputation will help sell your book.