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by forgottenpass 4436 days ago
Bob, if you're lurking this thread:

Congrats. Any idea when I'll be able to buy it?

Like the other free-online-first books I've read, I've gotten enough value from it that I'd like to thank you by paying for it.

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> Any idea when I'll be able to buy it?

As soon as possible!

Unfortunately, I don't know how long that will be. I'm going to be typesetting it myself with lots of love using InDesign. I hope the final result will be a really nice book, but it could take me a while.

Still, I plan to work on it every single day, so maybe it will go quickly.

> I've gotten enough value from it that I'd like to thank you by paying for it.

Just a thanks is more than enough, but buying a copy of the print book will be the best way to throw money at me (short of showing up at my house and making it rain, I suppose).

this is where marketplaces like fiverr.com really prove their value - you could pay a couple of people 20 bucks each to do a 90% job of typesetting and you could finish it up later.

YMMV - but you dont have a lot to lose. You could be surprised by the time you save.

> I'm going to be typesetting it myself with lots of love using InDesign.

Have you perhaps considered LaTeX/XeTeX? Would get you incredibly beautiful typeset foundations, then you can customise it a lot further.

Likewise, I don't really need to own a physical copy though so if there was some system whereby I could donate a copy to a school then I'd be very keen.
You can also donate here: https://www.gittip.com/munificent/
I'll redirect you to here: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/23qnnc/i_finish...

The author is the submitter of the post and is replying to comments. He addressed the same question there too.

I'd like to buy it in physical form, if that is in the works. I've had a hard time using mobile versions of non-trivial texts and tend to bookmark without ever revisiting.
I'd like to second this. I would very much like to throw money your way.