Re: Advice re: "Rough-Cuts" version of "Cocoa Design Patterns"
Re: Advice re: "Rough-Cuts" version of "Cocoa Design Patterns"
- Subject: Re: Advice re: "Rough-Cuts" version of "Cocoa Design Patterns"
- From: Boyd Collier <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:23:23 -0800
I'm definitely interested in the Rough-Cut PDF version and am very
much looking forward to your book. Although I've written a lot of
code (mostly in c), I'm still an unsophisticated user of Cocoa, and
it's the design pattern aspects that give me the most trouble. As you
mentioned in your earlier posting, "the relationships between the
classes [in Apple's documentation] are not fully explained in the
documentation for individual classes."
Boyd
On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Erik Buck wrote:
Addison-Wesley, the publisher of “Cocoa Design Patterns”, has a
“Rough-Cuts” program. “Rough-Cuts” allows you to buy early access
to a book in PDF format while the book is still being developed and
then entitles you to download the final PDF version as well. You
can read pre-release versions and provide feedback on the content.
As the author, I can then respond to the feedback by clarifying
information, adding more information, or just answering questions. http://support.safaribooksonline.com/display/1/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=1101&r=0.2662928
The publisher sent me a contract amendment requesting that I allow
sales of the book through the “Rough-Cuts” program. Before I sign
the amendment, I would like some advice from this forum.
“Cocoa Programming” is available in PDF format, but not many
electronic copies have been sold. People seem to vastly prefer the
printed version. _I_ use the electronic version all the time
because I can search it, etc.
Is there any interest in the PDF format pre-release version of
“Cocoa Design Patterns” ?
Is anyone interested in providing feedback that I can use to
improve the book ?
The “Rough-Cuts” program could help me produce a better book in the
end. On the other hand, providing early access to the content could
prove embarrassing. I would hate to make glaring mistakes in public
(like I undoubtedly have before) - Grin. If you were me, would you
allow the book to be released through “Rough-Cuts” ?
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