[antlr-interest] ANTLR book is out

[Terence Parr]

Sorry about the price differential...thought it would be the same.

Oh, i think it's so cheap because it's still "preprint" up there at  
amazon. ;)

That said, send me the price of two beers anyway per Jim ;)  ha haha  
haha

Ter
On May 17, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Jim Idle wrote:

> I am sure that Amazon don't update every book the instant that it is
> available. Perhaps if Ter had called it "Harry Potter and the
> Non-Determinism", it would be different and be followed up with T- 
> shirts
> (hmmm! We should have T-Shirts on the web site, at least 10 people  
> would
> buy 'em ;-)) and a movie.
>
> On the price difference:
>
> 1) If you are a student and can't get your father to buy it, then
> perhaps you can stay out of the Union bar one night (UK/Australia/Etc)
> and use the proceeds to buy the book? ;-) Or, if you are in the US,  
> buy
> the Chuck-Ts rather than the latest marketing (all programmers should
> wear these anyway);
> 2) If you are not a student, then stay out of the Pub for two hours  
> (UK
> equivalent - 12 femtosconds) and use the proceeds to buy the more
> expensive book;
>
> Or, buy the cheaper version from Amazon and donate the $4.50 shipping
> costs to Ter's paypal donation scheme (proceeds so far $2.34).
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org
> [mailto:antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Randall R  
> Schulz
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:37 PM
> To: antlr-interest at antlr.org
> Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] ANTLR book is out
>
> On Thursday 17 May 2007 13:10, Terence Parr wrote:
>> Hi. The Definitive ANTLR Reference has been printed.  Please buy from
>> pragprog site rather than Amazon as I get more of a cut. ;)
>
> But for those on a tight budget, the difference betwen the $37  
> Pragmatic
>
> Programmers' (plus $4.50 for shipping) and Amazon's $24.40 (with
> free "Super Saver" shipping available) is a bit hard to ignore. In
> fact, Amazon's paper book price is virtually identical to the  
> Pragmatic
> PDF price!
>
> I'm not sure why, but Amazon.com is still listing the book as  
> available
> only for pre-order. Is Pragmatic holding out??
>
>
> People considering the PDF version should probably first read
> <http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/starter_kit/faqs/pdf_faq.html> (if
> they haven't already). The only real caveat is that even though the  
> PDF
> itself does not (attempt to) prevent printing (only Adobe's Reader
> honors the content that encodes that restriction--other PDF viewing
> software does not), the formatting is not the same as that of a  
> printed
> book and active hyperlinks (a good and useful thing) are just
> distractions when they appear on paper.
>
>
>> http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/tpantlr/
>>
>> Enjoy.
>
> One way or the other, I will.
>
>
>> Ter
>> PS	you can buy PDF, printed, or both
>
>
> Randall Schulz