<div class="gmail_quote">James,<br><br>thanks for the update and explanation.<br><br>I can't wait to see the finalized version becoming available!<br><br>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:-)<br>
<br>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.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Christoph<br><br>On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:13 PM, James Simmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Christoph,<br>
<br>
Normally books on Lulu are proofed by the author before being sold.<br>
For some reason the book was put on the store right away. When I got<br>
my own copy I found that the type was too small to read, and the font<br>
for the code samples was even worse. We therefore temporarily removed<br>
it from the store until I could prepare a new PDF with larger fonts.<br>
This is more work than you might think because I have to wrap the<br>
lines of all the code samples to make them fit on the page with a 12<br>
point Courier font, and there were other issues too.<br>
<br>
I've been working steadily on fixing the code samples and fooling<br>
around with stylesheet options to make the next version of the book<br>
worth having. I have also gotten a talented artist to design a new<br>
cover illustration. When the end result of all this is finished the<br>
book will be available again. Just be happy you didn't get one like I<br>
got!<br>
<br>
Thanks for your patience.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
James Simmons<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Christoph Derndorfer<br>
<<a href="mailto:christoph.derndorfer@gmail.com">christoph.derndorfer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:35 AM, James Simmons <<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> My FLOSS Manual "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" made it to Lulu.com:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/make-your-own-sugar-activities/12047878" target="_blank">http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/make-your-own-sugar-activities/12047878</a><br>
>><br>
>> FLOSS Manuals get the profits for book sales, not me, but I thought<br>
>> you'd all like to know it's available.<br>
><br>
> James,<br>
><br>
> is it possible that the book isn't available via Lulu anymore?<br>
><br>
> I just wanted to purchase it because shipping to the US is so much cheaper<br>
> than to Europe but I can't seem to find it on the store...<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Christoph<br>
> --<br>
> Christoph Derndorfer<br>
> co-editor, olpcnews<br>
> url: <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com" target="_blank">www.olpcnews.com</a><br>
> e-mail: <a href="mailto:christoph@olpcnews.com">christoph@olpcnews.com</a><br>
><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Christoph Derndorfer<br>co-editor, olpcnews<br>url: <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com">www.olpcnews.com</a><br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:christoph@olpcnews.com">christoph@olpcnews.com</a><br>