New run of Guru Book cancelled due to pirate copy in circulation

[motrucker]

This smells like there is something deeper. This stinks like a cop out, for sure. I would surely purchase a copy of the (legitimate) book, and I believe many Amiga users would.

[mike-]

I agree somewhat, the longterm sale of this book would far outweigh and outlive this torrent, i've been waiting for the english version since they announced the german version...  

[Matt_H]

Good work, guys! :roll:

Only in the Amiga community can one or two fools unleash the hornets' nest that spoils things for everyone.

The fact that more than 50 people are now downloading the pirated copy is doubly shameful.

This kind of crap keeps happening. How many more sunken projects will it take before people learn?

[ZeBeeDee]

Quote from the torrent ... "This is a full 736 page scan of the Amiga Guru Book by Ralph Babel.  It was scanned at 300dpi, and the entire book is English and is text-searchable." ... Unquote

What I'd like to know is how did they get to scan the entire 736 pages at 300dpi into PDF format without anybody smelling a rat?

A cop out? Oh yes ... you bet'cha!

I want the book, the whole book ... and nothing but the book!

[Orjan]

persia wrote:
What is "Amiga Future project AGG"?

I´d like to know this as well.

[Matt_H]

What I'd like to know is how did they get to scan the entire 736 pages at 300dpi into PDF format without anybody smelling a rat?

All it takes is one schmuck with a copy of the first edition, a scanner, way too much time on his hands, and bad ethics.

[ZeBeeDee]

Matt_H wrote:
All it takes is one schmuck with a copy of the first edition, a scanner, way too much time on his hands, and bad ethics.

Something about this entire episode smells for sure ... and I don't mean of roses.

[Ilwrath]

What a cop out. 95% of the people who would want that book would have bought it. I've been waiting for this book and now we get this crap excuse for not printing it.

Yeah, I'd say that is a cop out, too.  Of the people who would actually USE it, most probably want an actual paper book!   It's a lot more of a pain in the neck to fight and muck with another computer, monitor, setup displaying the PDF while you're working on a project, compared to a nice dead-tree book that fits so well on the table beside you....  (grumble)

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but that just seems crazy.  "Nope, we're not going to sell any fresh apples today... We can't compete.  There are some month-old rotted oranges over there in that dumpster that just anyone could grab for free."

[itix]

Quote from the torrent ... "This is a full 736 page scan of the Amiga Guru Book by Ralph Babel. It was scanned at 300dpi, and the entire book is English and is text-searchable." ... Unquote

I remember many years ago I got an access to those PDF files. I have to say that quality was not very good and after looking at few pages I deleted it from my HD. It was not readable.

I would prefer book version anyway since you can have it open while coding. Not so easy with PDFs.

[itix]

Double post (thanks to svenska bredbandbolaget).

[koaftder]

I grabbed the torrent to see what the fuss was about as I also had heard that the scan from a long time ago was really bad and basically unreadable. This sucker is damn good. Every page is almost perfect and it's OCR'd. I used to work in an imaging department scanning in pharma docs for companies getting off the paper. This wasn't some nerd with tons of time on his hands scanning in a book on a flat bed.

[koaftder]

somebody had access to a really nice industrial scanner and took the time to de spine that book, or perhaps they had a copy that wasn't bound. I bet that author is pissed.

[itix]

Ah well, explains why Andrea didnt want to continue project anymore.

[koaftder]

It sucks, now I feel like I have to buy the German version I can't read just for doing that.

[Bandis]

Ok Here goes.

While you have to respect an authors rights to do whatever he wants with his IP the resoning behind this particular decision is full of contradictions, fiction and statement that cannot be proven.

regards
Bandis

[HopperJF]

I'm incredibly frustrated that the Amiga platform has managed to lose many talented and valued users since 1994 yet the pirates clearly remain involved  :-x  :madashell:   :pissed: