johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) (02/14/91)
I expect to send the "Comp.compilers 1990 Annual" to the printer next week, so the books will with luck be ready about March 1. The book turns out to be fatter than I'd thought, about 700 pages each 11 x 8.5 inches with two pages of text side by side in reasonably legible 8 point type. Messages are grouped by topic (C, optimization, book reviews, etc.) and messages within a a thread are grouped together. There is a permuted subject index, a keyword index, and if I can make it look reasonable, an author index. The book is GBC bound, a plastic spiral binding that should lie flat. Pricing: Printing turned out to be less expensive than I thought, so the price is only $40 per book, plus $2 sales tax for copies delivered in Massachusetts, plus appropriate postage and packaging: Pick up in Cambridge free U.S. surface $3 U.S. priority $5 U.S. Federal Express $20 Canada surface $7 Foreign surface $10 These per-book amounts are based on the new postal rates plus a little bit for packing materials. If you want something other than these, or want to order a lot of books, I'm open to negotiation. Foreign airmail is quite expensive, on the order of $35/book. Foreign express is even more, upwards of $50. How to order: Mail me a check payable to I.E.C.C. and tell me where to send your order. Not really being in the book distribution business, I am not in a position to take purchase orders, credit cards, COD orders, or anything else. For foreign orders, I'll take anything my bank can handle, preferably U.S. dollar checks. (They charge $20 extra for foreign checks and $5 for incoming bank wires.) Some foreign readers suggested that they might get together and send one combined check to save on bank fees. If you're interested, send me mail and I'll mail back summaries of who's interested in a group buy. Another possibility for foreign orders is a $50 traveller's check. The mailing address is: I.E.C.C. P.O. Box 349 Cambridge MA 02238-0349 If any orders arrive before the books are printed I will of course refrain from cashing the checks until the books are ready to mail. If you need to order through a bookstore, you can. Bookstores can order from the publisher, Center Books, who has agreed to handle trade orders. The price to booksellers is the same as the price to anyone else, so in most cases they'll have to charge you extra and it will take longer. ISBN: 0-944954-02-2 Publisher: Center Book Publishers, Inc. Suite 298 301 North Harrison Street Princeton NJ 08540 Regards, John Levine, comp.compilers moderator johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us or {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl -- Send compilers articles to compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us or {ima | spdcc | world}!iecc!compilers. Meta-mail to compilers-request.