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

[Golem!dk]

@HenryCase

302 according to the tracker... sticking to my dead tree version here, should the revised edition be printed I'd probably buy a copy.

[walter]

@HenryCase

...The petition has reached 234 signatures now.

Good.  I signed it fairly early on.  Although it would be good if
there were a cheaper more flexible alternative, I think we should
be prepared for a production essentially like the 1993 version,
only sixty-some pages longer, and selling for $50-$70US (I paid
$50 or $60 for mine).  I hope that a high percentage of the
petitioners are willing to pay that much.

Oh, and I'm doing another push for people to sign the petition. There is still hope that Ralph is reconsidering, the last e-mail I got from him was not discouraging.

Even better.  You've done the community a service, however this
turns out.


(((Jeez.  I gotta change my Avatar---that kid's almost four now!)))

[Trev]

So I taught myself to use a drill tonight (don't laugh--I was too busy schtupping my high school girlfriend to take a shop class) and finished towering my A1200. I'm anxious to start coding again, and this book would have been helpful. Oh well. Back to schtupping, I guess. ;-)

[LoadWB]

Any updates on this situation?

:afro:

[pellerhead]

I'd buy a dead tree vesion in an instant.

[hardlink]

pellerhead wrote:
I'd buy a dead tree vesion in an instant.

I HAVE a dead tree version and I'd buy a new one; that's why I don't see the basis for all this PDF fuss.

[HenryCase]

Golem!dk wrote:
@HenryCase
302 according to the tracker... sticking to my dead tree version here, should the revised edition be printed I'd probably buy a copy.

Thanks Golem!dk. Incidentally, is it possible for me to see this number on the tracker (without downloading the torrent?)?

walter wrote:
@HenryCase
Even better.  You've done the community a service, however this turns out.

Cheers man, I appreciate your approval! :-D

LoadWB wrote:
Any updates on this situation?

:afro:

See next post, but in short, progress is slow.

[HenryCase]

I'm restarting this campaign. Well I mean I never really stopped, but now I need some help again.

Let's get this out of the way now: I have been in contact with Ralph Babel, but progress has been slow. However, I do not see this as a bad sign.

The reason I am asking for help again is this: I saw two targets for the Amiga Guru Book petition, but I only mentioned one, and to be honest I thought the 170 signature target might have been overly optimistic at first (before the numbers didn't stop going up).

The second signature target I saw was to surpass the number of people who had downloaded the infamous torrent, which is around 302 people now. At the time of writing this, the petition has reached 247 signatures even though I haven't done much to promote it since we reached the 170 target.

So, a couple of things:
1. Please don't download the torrent unless you're confident it'll be the only way to easily obtain the material in the near future (the book still could be published at this point, Ralph has not told me otherwise).
2. If you haven't signed the petition yet and want to see Amiga programmers get access to one of the best (maybe even THE best, according to owners of the book) Amiga programming resources around, sign the petition.

I am duplicating this message on the following Amiga websites (in alphabetical order): amigans.net, amiga.org, amigaworld.net, AROS-Exec.org, AROSWorld.org, eab.abime.net (English Amiga Board), MorphZone.org, UtilityBase.com. I know this topic has been discussed on other Amiga forums, so please pass on this 'drumming up support' message to the places it needs to be heard. Also, does anyone know if there is a central point to discuss this issue with all those involved with UAE ports? The Amiga Guru Book should be handy for the emulation crew as well.

That's all for now. Sign on (you crazy diamonds!). ;-)
http://www.petitiononline.com/4m1ga123/petition.html