[Sugar-devel] "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" is on Lulu

[Christoph Derndorfer]

James,

thanks for the update and explanation.

I can't wait to see the finalized version becoming available!

FYI: I had planned to buy two copies, one for my own shelf and another one
to pass on to some students who are likely to be working on a Sugar activity
as part of a university course this next semester:-)

In any case, thanks a lot for all your hard work on this project, I can't
even begin to thank you for how useful it is.

Cheers,
Christoph

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:13 PM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:

> Christoph,
>
> Normally books on Lulu are proofed by the author before being sold.
> For some reason the book was put on the store right away.  When I got
> my own copy I found that the type was too small to read, and the font
> for the code samples was even worse.  We therefore temporarily removed
> it from the store until I could prepare a new PDF with larger fonts.
> This is more work than you might think because I have to wrap the
> lines of all the code samples to make them fit on the page with a 12
> point Courier font, and there were other issues too.
>
> I've been working steadily on fixing the code samples and fooling
> around with stylesheet options to make the next version of the book
> worth having.  I have also gotten a talented artist to design a new
> cover illustration.  When the end result of all this is finished the
> book will be available again.  Just be happy you didn't get one like I
> got!
>
> Thanks for your patience.
>
> James Simmons
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Christoph Derndorfer
> <christoph.derndorfer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:35 AM, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> My FLOSS Manual "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" made it to Lulu.com:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/make-your-own-sugar-activities/12047878
> >>
> >> FLOSS Manuals get the profits for book sales, not me, but I thought
> >> you'd all like to know it's available.
> >
> > James,
> >
> > is it possible that the book isn't available via Lulu anymore?
> >
> > I just wanted to purchase it because shipping to the US is so much
> cheaper
> > than to Europe but I can't seem to find it on the store...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Christoph
> > --
> > Christoph Derndorfer
> > co-editor, olpcnews
> > url: www.olpcnews.com
> > e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com
> >
>



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Christoph Derndorfer
co-editor, olpcnews
url: www.olpcnews.com
e-mail: christoph at olpcnews.com
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