Not sure what's going on but has anyone in the UK actually managed to obtain a copy? I placed an order with WH Smith on January 4th and still they have no idea what's happening.
I think if this is a reflection on the publishing industry in general then it is a crying shame for us all. Kindle is certainly a very valid medium but when I sit down, wait, or even use a book it is better on actual paper🙁
Cheers Matt.
I think if this is a reflection on the publishing industry in general then it is a crying shame for us all. Kindle is certainly a very valid medium but when I sit down, wait, or even use a book it is better on actual paper🙁
Cheers Matt.
They probably print the books in China or India now. I ordered a book from an Indian publisher once and it looked like it was printed on old newspaper.
Hmm, I got mine just after Christmas from a UK distributor on eBay. Does not have any more listed. Am I going to have a rare 1st-4th edition?
Too bad we can't buy the ones that were recalled as a teaser edition. Sell them at a reduced price with credit towards the ready-for-prime-time release. I wonder how long modern paper will last? Maybe we should create a sort of time capsule / Noahs Arc with a tube-reference library and packs of NOS tubes. Might have to hide it on the moon to be safe though? Air might leak OUT of the tubes with age. I picked up a G.E. tube manual that looked great until I started turning the pages, then the paper was cracking. Makes me wonder what will be around in hundreds of years.
Do the kindle / Apple versions support search well? That's one thing I'd really want an electronic edition for. (a real one, not a scan) It's great to find those really old texts that have been scanned, but pictures are severely limiting. An example was finding a very rigorous German text on audio transformer design, but being unable to run it through a translator because its really all pictures.
Do the kindle / Apple versions support search well? That's one thing I'd really want an electronic edition for. (a real one, not a scan) It's great to find those really old texts that have been scanned, but pictures are severely limiting. An example was finding a very rigorous German text on audio transformer design, but being unable to run it through a translator because its really all pictures.
That will indeed be a collectors' item! Mine is autographed, which should get me even a bit more on EBay. Last word from Newnes is "end of March" for the reprinted version.
You gotta wonder how the "you may also be interested in..." algorithms work at Amazon.com. A search for Valve Amplifiers Fourth Edition suggests that I may be interested in a book on heart surgery. Will I be so chocked by the arrival of Valve Amps 4th Ed that I'll need cardiac surgery? I'm confused now... 🙂
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I have them so confused that absolutely nothing they suggest comes close. I have ordered geek books spanning from tubes to switch mode power supplies and RF, a few on guitar building and woodworking, country music CD's for my wife, Christian and vintage rock music for me on CD and vinyl, all sorts of books for Sherri's Kindle, a few random books for my daughter, toys and clothing for my grand kids.
Todays "interest" list included 2 books on plumbing (valves?), several murder mysteries for the Kindle that Sherri never heard of, a book on the history of Marshall amps, vinyl of several genres except Christian or classic rock, and a couple Max Lucado paperback books that Sherri already has on her Kindle.
They also seem to think that I need (or will buy) a guitar amp, and some Adidas sportswear.
Wow, they just keeping pushing it out.. LOL I won't hold my breath lest I suffocate.. 😛
Roughly four months after that is my birthday, perhaps I will have it in time to celebrate.. 😀
Roughly four months after that is my birthday, perhaps I will have it in time to celebrate.. 😀
It was a masterful statement, totally devoid of content. I assume it was written by committee.
Hmm, I wonder how much my copy would fetch on Ebay...? 😀
Hmm, I wonder how much my copy would fetch on Ebay...? 😀
It sounds exactly like the announcements we get on a railway station when trains have been delayed or cancelled but they don't know (or don't want to say) why. Maybe UK publishers and UK railway companies send their customer relations staff to the same training sessions?
The MBTA here in Boston is run pretty much the same way - they're responsible for the commuter rail, subway, bus and the trolley car lines (tram lines) which often are not running well. There must be school for this mode of communication.. 😛
I purchased the 4th ed some time ago..printed and bound in the UK..short of swapping it, as I'm in teaching (what hasn't got many pencilled corrections ?) but mainly poor quality graphs and circuit diagrams.
I'm not "downing" the book but the permanence of "We" in the text is something I cannot get used to in technical books. Certainly never seen in the other handbooks by different publishers.
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richy
I'm not "downing" the book but the permanence of "We" in the text is something I cannot get used to in technical books. Certainly never seen in the other handbooks by different publishers.
OMO
richy
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The reprint will correct many of the publisher's problems with figures, captions, and equations, but the editorial "we" will likely remain. 😀
Still waiting
March 29, and Amazon just delayed me once again. Some sort of squabble between publisher and author, perhaps?
March 29, and Amazon just delayed me once again. Some sort of squabble between publisher and author, perhaps?
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