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by squarefoot 1055 days ago
If someone at Manning Publications is reading this, it would be great to have a book on the newer Nim version, but please consider using a different typesetting with more readable fonts. I purchased the great book by Dominik Picheta, but am forced to use the .pdf because the dead tree version uses thin fonts that I find extremely hard to read even with the right pair of glasses. Font components (arms, lines, stems, etc) are just too thin. Not being a youngster anymore, I naturally thought it was my fault and took the original K&R 2nd ed as a comparison, but still can read it perfectly.
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araq/Andreas Rumpf, the project lead, has also published a book: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2022/06/29/mastering-nim.html
unfortunately there is no ebook version and it seems araq is against publishing ebook (probably because of worrying about piracy) - for me who is travelling a lot, hard copy is a no go.
Araq has mentioned he'll create a new edition of the book for Nim 2.0, and publish it as an e-book, see https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/10366
Not with Manning, but if you have a login you can submit this sort of request via their contact page:

https://www.manning.com/contact