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I wrote "quietly" released in my original HN title (since edited by mods) because Resig neither made a blog post nor even tweeted about its availability, which

I wrote "quietly" released in my original HN title (since edited by mods) because Resig neither made a blog post nor even tweeted about its availability, which seemed very odd to me, especially for something 4 years in the works. He did write a bit about the status of the book back in July, if anyone is interested: http://ejohn.org/blog/secret-omens/ http://ejohn.org/blog/secret-omens/ edit: John just tweeted: https://twitter.com/jeresig/status/285858421029347328 https://twitter.com/jeresig/status/285858421029347328

johnward 14y ago
4 years ago that title would have been awesome too
- hakaaak 14y ago
  I think it is a good title for 2012/2013 also. They could have called it "Barf" though, and I'd be excited about it.
helper 14y ago
This blog post is worth reading. In it he apologizes for the book taking so long and expresses some regret for taking on the project in the first place: "Ironically working on the book (or not working on it, however you look at it) actually compelled me to NOT blog more as every time I wanted to write a technical blog post I was forcing myself to make the decision “I’m writing about 1000 words on a technical matter, shouldn’t this just be going towards my uncompleted book?” and would just end up writing nothing as a result."
- bybjorn 14y ago
  Procastination 101
- salmanapk 14y ago
  Makes me kinda hate the book since he was such an awesome blogger. :(
  - jeresig 14y ago
    Aww. I really want to start blogging again, in ernest, this year. I loved all the old blog posts I did - would love to do it again!
wmf 14y ago
I suppose a true ninja never announces himself.
jeresig 14y ago
Sorry for the delay in announcing it - I was waiting for the book to physically arrive in my hands, which it hasn't done so, yet. (I have a copy pre-ordered with Amazon and since that's the way most people will be receiving the acquiring the book, I imagine, I wanted to make sure it was actually, physically, being distributed before I announced it.) I plan on writing up a full blog post once I have my copy of the book.
- 8ig8 14y ago
  John: Sorry, I just fat-fingered a down vote that was supposed to be an up vote. Thanks for checking in. I'm looking forward to the book myself.
- arunoda 14y ago
  Any plans for a kindle version? As I lives in an asian country (Sri Lanka) kindle is best and only way to access amazon book store :)
  - bchen 14y ago
    I assume you mean having the book physically shipped to Sri Lanka is not feasible/possible. Consider buying the ebook from Manning directly [0]. They do offer the ebook in Kindle (mobi) format. [0]: http://manning.com/resig/ http://manning.com/resig/
    - barking 14y ago
      Once there's a pdf or other ebook available it'll be pirated. How that doesn't damage sales I'll never understand. The Lazarus (object pascal ide) book is only available in a physical book format for this reason.
      - spjwebster 14y ago
        It may well be pirated regardless: http://www.themillions.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-book-pirate.html http://www.themillions.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-book-pir... In another life I wrote technical books, which at the time were only available in physical formats. That didn't stop electronic versions of the more popular books from appearing on usenet.

johnward 14y ago

4 years ago that title would have been awesome too

hakaaak 14y ago
I think it is a good title for 2012/2013 also. They could have called it "Barf" though, and I'd be excited about it.

helper 14y ago

This blog post is worth reading. In it he apologizes for the book taking so long and expresses some regret for taking on the project in the first place: "Ironically working on the book (or not working on it, however you look at it) actually compelled me to NOT blog more as every time I wanted to write a technical blog post I was forcing myself to make the decision “I’m writing about 1000 words on a technical matter, shouldn’t this just be going towards my uncompleted book?” and would just end up writing nothing as a result."

bybjorn 14y ago
Procastination 101
salmanapk 14y ago
Makes me kinda hate the book since he was such an awesome blogger. :(
- jeresig 14y ago
  Aww. I really want to start blogging again, in ernest, this year. I loved all the old blog posts I did - would love to do it again!

wmf 14y ago

I suppose a true ninja never announces himself.

jeresig 14y ago

Sorry for the delay in announcing it - I was waiting for the book to physically arrive in my hands, which it hasn't done so, yet. (I have a copy pre-ordered with Amazon and since that's the way most people will be receiving the acquiring the book, I imagine, I wanted to make sure it was actually, physically, being distributed before I announced it.) I plan on writing up a full blog post once I have my copy of the book.

8ig8 14y ago
John: Sorry, I just fat-fingered a down vote that was supposed to be an up vote. Thanks for checking in. I'm looking forward to the book myself.
arunoda 14y ago
Any plans for a kindle version? As I lives in an asian country (Sri Lanka) kindle is best and only way to access amazon book store :)
- bchen 14y ago
  I assume you mean having the book physically shipped to Sri Lanka is not feasible/possible. Consider buying the ebook from Manning directly [0]. They do offer the ebook in Kindle (mobi) format. [0]: http://manning.com/resig/ http://manning.com/resig/
  - barking 14y ago
    Once there's a pdf or other ebook available it'll be pirated. How that doesn't damage sales I'll never understand. The Lazarus (object pascal ide) book is only available in a physical book format for this reason.
    - spjwebster 14y ago
      It may well be pirated regardless: http://www.themillions.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-book-pirate.html http://www.themillions.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-book-pir... In another life I wrote technical books, which at the time were only available in physical formats. That didn't stop electronic versions of the more popular books from appearing on usenet.