[Radiance-general] Rendering with Radiance FINALLY available!

[Bob Coyne]

Ah...thanks for the explanation. 

I agree a hardcover is preferable and worth the extra $.

Greg Ward wrote:

> 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
>>
>
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