From: irving@Happy-Man.com (Irving_Wolfe)
Subject: Garfinkel/Mahoney Book Update
Reply-To: Irving_Wolfe@Happy-Man.com
Organization: Happy Man Corp., Vashon Island, WA 98070-7399
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:16:22 GMT

1.  The book was officially released today.  The earlier release
announcement was the publishing equivalent of vaporware.

2.  Springer-Verlag expects to ship our initial order for 45 copies
by Wednesday at the latest, and we will re-ship them to our Usenet
customers as soon as they arrive.

PRICE INCREASE

3.  Re-orders will necessarily be in smaller quantities, since I'm 
not willing to risk getting stuck with 30 copies on the shelf here.  
That means a much smaller discount.  Already, 39 of our 45 copies 
have been ordered by Usenet people.  Thus, our $37 price is good 
only for the next 6 orders to arrive here by e-mail.  After that, 
the price goes up to $40 including U.S. delivery, with a $10 charge 
for foreign shipments.  After giving effect to the price increase, 
Washington State orders will require $3.28 sales tax ($43.28 
total). 

If you intend to order at all, I'd suggest doing it as soon as you 
read this.  Even then, please let me know whether it's okay to 
handle your order at the $40 price if six people beat you to it.  
The $40 price is still $2.45, or almost 6%, less than the 
publisher's price with U.S. shipping, and you get the benefit of 
convenient, accurate, and reliable ordering by e-mail.  I really
doubt, given this publisher's discount schedule, that the book will
be available in any bookstore for less than list price.

In addition, I'm no longer willing to accept orders except by 
e-mail, as they are much more disruptive to my workday, which is 
supposed to consist primarily of brilliant investing, reading these 
books, and writing great applications, not selling books.  If you 
are afraid to send your credit card number by e-mail, please phone 
the publisher and place your order there for $42.45. 

4.  I'll end with an excerpt from my earlier posting:

> NeXTSTEP Programming - STEP ONE: Object-Oriented Applications
> Simson L. Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney
> Publisher's List Price: $39.95;  U.S. Shipping: $2.50

The book, as described in comp.sys.next.misc by an early reviewer,
Claude W. Anderson:

> In mid-January, I was faced with the reality that in 7 weeks I was 
> scheduled to teach NeXTSTEP programming to a group of 70 freshmen
> . . . .  My first two weeks with the book was sufficient to take me 
> from total trepidation about doing the course to a reasonable level 
> of confidence (and competence, I hope).  That in itself says a lot 
> for the book. . . .  I think they did well to concentrate on 
> getting the user comfortable with a few classes rather than trying 
> to be encyclopedic.  The encyclopedic documentation already exists; 
> the tour guide is what is needed (and provided). 

[Note that if you _want_ the encyclopedic documentation, I'm still
selling the official NeXTSTEP 3.0 Developer's Library, too, at an
attractive price.]

To order, if you want to, send me your:
	name
	shipping address
	telephone numbers (specifying day/evening as appropriate)
	fax number (if available)
	e-mail address
	credit card number and expiration date
	AND PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE ORDERING since I'm still
	 selling the NeXT Doc Set too.

Please be careful doing this; we got two bad credit card numbers
(both from a single digit mis-typed) and two bad e-mail addresses
among the Next Docs orders.  No big deal, but it slows things down
and means extra work for both of us.

On this book, we'll accept overseas orders for $10 additional.
-- 
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