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Date: 04-30-90 (09:45) Number: 3177 (Echo)
To: KENNETH O'HESKIN Refer#: NONE
From: JACK WOEHR Read: NO
Subj: FIG PUBLISHING Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Re: THINKING FORTH
Miller Freeman Publications, (Unix Review, Embedded Systems
Programming, Computer Language, AI Expert, ...) is starting a book
publishing house.
They should be approached.
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Date: 05-01-90 (16:56) Number: 3179 (Echo)
To: DENNIS RUFFER Refer#: NONE
From: CHRIS WATERS Read: NO
Subj: FIG PUBLISHING Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Dennis,
I am truly saddened to hear that 'Thinking Forth' is going out of
print. I have owned a copy since the first printing. (Now I'm going to
go dig it out from under the piles of books and papers on my desk and
give it an honored spot on my bookshelf, in hopes of increasing its life
expectancy.) I understand your concerns with FIGs ability to afford the
rights.
The only thing I can suggest is that you take advantage of publicity
surrounding the release of the ANSI standard (whenever that is) to drum
up general public interest in this excellent book. If you generate
enough interest, you might be able to justify aquiring the rights, or be
able to persuade the original publishers that they should re-issue it.
In any event, I wish you luck. It would be a genuine tragedy if this
fine book were lost to the Forth community.
Chris
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Date: 04-30-90 (00:40) Number: 3183 (Echo) To: JERRY SHIFRIN Refer#: 3162 From: RAY DUNCAN Read: NO Subj: FIG PUBLISHING Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE >why not let CH Ting do it, he seems to put out all kinds >of stuff in cheap bindings A good reason to have someone *other* than Ting do it, seems to me. NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530 ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'
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Date: 04-30-90 (00:43) Number: 3184 (Echo) To: DENNIS RUFFER Refer#: 3166 From: RAY DUNCAN Read: NO Subj: FIG PUBLISHING Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE There is probably some provision in Leo's original contract that provides for the rights to the book to revert to him if the publisher lets the book go out of print. This is a standard feature of the contracts I've signed anyway. If you want to see Thinking Forth migrate to some other publisher (such as FIG) the best approach is via Leo, not by confronting Prentice Hall head-on. NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530 ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'
ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) (05/04/90)
Date: 05-02-90 (16:49) Number: 3190 (Echo)
To: JACK WOEHR Refer#: 3177
From: KENNETH O'HESKIN Read: NO
Subj: FIG PUBLISHING Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
JW> They should be approached.
Yes, they could undoubtedly afford a slick cover for it.
I would hope all avenues are investigated. FIG could play
a useful role in expediting publication (if not actually
do the publishing itself), like sharing the buy-out cost
of the copyright and become a partner with a third-party
publisher.
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