🚀 go-pugleaf

In <oo1LzoHpviAM092yn@skypoint.com>, rsteiner@skypoint.com (Richard Steiner) writes:
>Here in comp.os.os2.marketplace, fdrennon@pobox.com (Floyd Drennon)
>spake unto us, saying:
>
>>You guys are really a hoot.  Instead of being grateful that they picked
>>up the earlier versions and published them when no one else would, you
>>want to crucify them for making a business decision that it isn't
>>economically feasible to publish another one.  Talk about OS/2 zealots
>>being alive and well.
>
>I was grateful, Floyd.  I gave them my $$ for the previous two editions
>that they published, and was willing to reward them with $$ for the next
>one.  That's the nature of business, and I gave them the kind of thanks
>that they understand.  The last couple of editions of that book were
>both international bestsellers because of people like us.
>
>How my acting human and being upset over their decision makes me some
>kind of operating system "zealot" is beyond me.  I'm *not* a business
>entity, and the fact that I am a little miffed about their decision to
>pull the book doesn't have a DAMN thing to do with the specific subject
>matter of the book (OS/2) at all!!!
>
>I'm upset about it because it was one of the books I was most looking
>forward to purchasing and using, and not being able to have a copy is a
>loss.  Period.  I happen to actually *LIKE* things from time to time,
>and it bothers me when things that I like go away.  Particularly when
>the thing in question disappears suddenly and at the last minute when
>I wasn't expecting it.
>
>I thought it was selling quite well.  Guess I was wrong.  :-(
>
>-- 
>-Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@skypoint.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
>      Written offline using PC Yarn + Yep + FTE under OS/2 Warp 4
>       Cthulhu for President --- don't vote for a lesser evil.
Well, for what it's worth, the fact that a publisher has cancelled it only means
that the book is back in play and can be published elsewhere - not as Unleashed,
of course. Since the book was revised each time out and depends heavily on 
previous editions for each subsequent edition, this might cause a problem, too,
since SAMS holds the copyright for those versions. 

Doesn't IBM publish books through Prentice-Hall? Their RedBook OS/2 4 
publication had a lot of useful info but was a pretty sad job all in all. They
really ought to look into publishing a reworked version of Unleashed. After
all, a book as useful as this would make a great salesman giveaway while 
visiting various banks and insurance companies.

Mark