billpollock

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by billpollock 10y ago
We put a lot of thought into the paper and cover finish on all of our titles. I like to produce books that I would buy. These cheap-looking knockoffs are painful to see.
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by billpollock 10y ago
We won't stop selling DRM-free but this is the second time we've had a problem like this with Amazon.
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by billpollock 10y ago
So far incidents like these are rare. We won't stop selling drm-free e-books and our sales have gone up every year for the last 20 years. This is clearly a problem that needs to be solved and with enough attention paid to it by consume
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by billpollock 10y ago
Something like that, but in quantity. The copies we've seen were sold directly by Amazon. Push the main buy button and that's what you got. Counterfeits.
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by billpollock 10y ago
In the case of the counterfeit copies of Linux Command Line sold through Amazon, those were printed by CreateSpace in violation of copyright. That is certain. From what we can tell that is also the case here.
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by billpollock 10y ago
I'll ask our developer to check on this tomorrow. Cloudflare settings appear to be correct.
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by billpollock 10y ago
Weird. We just completed a site migration. I'll have to make sure that the HTTPS is still working correctly on Cloudflare. Thanks for the heads up.
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by billpollock 10y ago
We've got it listed as an October release but basically, when it's done.
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by billpollock 10y ago
We enforce https
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by billpollock 10y ago
100% true
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by billpollock 10y ago
We run everything over https
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by billpollock 10y ago
It's based on bunnie's blog but one of our editors poured her heart and soul into this. She's a EE with incredible passion. In other words, this isn't just a print out of his blog. It's a real book.
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by billpollock 10y ago
We have a few LEGO books that make people think.
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by billpollock 10y ago
We've got a 50% off deal running now on all of our print books. And that includes a lot of LEGO books. Coupon code is a the top of the main page.
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by billpollock 11y ago
In my experience, both styles can be remarkably clear and both can be impossibly obtuse.
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by billpollock 11y ago
Thanks. I'm editing some of our new books right now, but I might just play Plants vs. Zombies instead.
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by billpollock 11y ago
United Airlines is THE worst. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/business/passenger-vs-airl... In my case they almost apologized for having had Federal Air Marshals detain me.
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by billpollock 12y ago
very exciting! Give to your kids, EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and yourself!
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by billpollock 12y ago
We offer our authors a choice of royalties -- from 12 to 15 percent. Most choose the 12 percent option but many still take 15 percent. Several of our technical titles have sold well over 20,000 copies but we've also had the rare title
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by billpollock 12y ago
You'll find several other Manga Guides to math and science here: http://www.nostarch.com/manga
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by billpollock 12y ago
Punctuation is about rhythm. Writing is about communication. And I start sentences with "and" all the time. I hardly know my grammar rules and I don't care. But I do care about making sure that writing is clear. That's t
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Garden hedge hacking: 'Boring' hedge turned into dragon
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by billpollock 12y ago
There is something to that. Sounds like a great tagline, too.
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by billpollock 12y ago
I'd love to chat with you about your book.
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by billpollock 13y ago
Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't aware of that. I'll be sure to strip that information from future comments.
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by billpollock 13y ago
Yes. Sorry for the confusion. I need more coffee. Bill
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by billpollock 13y ago
Interesting. We actually love the texture and so does our author :) That's called a scuff-free matte finish. It's actually a plastic, overall gloss laminate with a matte finish on top. I personally hate glossy covers because I hat
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by billpollock 13y ago
This will be a very interesting experiment. We're certainly keen to release the second edition of Eloquent JavaScript and excited to see Marijn hard at work. Who knows. Perhaps this will become some sort of interesting blended model fo
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by billpollock 13y ago
We always do 40% off pre-pub offers that includes the print book and DRM free ebook versions (pdf, epub, and mobi). Just give us your email (nostarch.com) and we'll send those to you. Maybe we should launch that offer now. -- Bill at n
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by billpollock 13y ago
I'd like to think that we helped just a little bit :)

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