[Radiance-general] Rendering with Radiance FINALLY available!

[Greg Ward]

Sigh.  The price was for a paperback edition, which we did not 
authorize, at a price we did not authorize.  BookSurge has made a 
number of screw-ups, this being the most recent.  Since they did not 
send us an author's copy as we requested or let us know when they were 
making the book available as we requested, we only found out from 
John's e-mail that it was for sale.  Chas contacted them and corrected 
the situation, hence the price change.  (Technically, this is not an 
"increase" because we never suggested the price they quoted.)  Perhaps 
you recall that earlier, they put the PDF up for sale against our 
wishes, and that was also caught by an astute user.

I am sorry for the price change, but we did not intend to offer a 
paperback version, and we would have to redo the cover (again) to make 
it work.  Given the wear and tear we expect most people to get out of 
it, we thought a hard cover was preferable.  The higher cost also 
reflects the overhead of on-demand printing, I think.  Chas could tell 
you more, and you should contact him if you wish to make any bulk 
purchases.

-Greg

> From: Bob Coyne <coyne at semanticlight.com>
> Date: April 28, 2004 12:58:06 PM PDT
>
> I just checked and it says it's $60 now!  I didn't
> realize it was an auction site. :-)
>
> John An wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just wanted to announce that today, I received a copy of the revised 
>> version of Rendering with Radiance.
>>
>> It is paperback, has no color plates, and does not include the 
>> original cd, but, it has been revised, apparently to more accurately 
>> reflect some of the changes and updates to Radiance since the 1st 
>> edition was published in 1998.
>>
>> I found it through bn.com, but the actual dealer is BookSurge.  The 
>> price, with shipping was about $38.
>>
>> http://www.booksurge.com/author.php3?accountID=IMPR02587