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View Poll Results: Format for the RKRM AmigaDOS Book | |||
Thanks, I'm fine with the digital edition |
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18 | 41.86% |
Paperback, paper size does not matter as long as it is cheap |
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5 | 11.63% |
Paperback, US Letter fitting nicely to the original volumes |
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19 | 44.19% |
Hardcover, high quality (if I pay, I want something serious) |
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13 | 30.23% |
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Book Project: RKRM AmigaDOS: What is the demand?
Hi folks,
the book project on the "ROM Kernel Reference Manual" on AmigaDOS curretly found here: https://github.com/thorfdbg/rkrm-dos is closely coming to an end. I have read the volume multiple times, fixed, added, corrected, and it seems to be in pretty good shape (nevertheless, there is still the chance to submit defect reports). So it is about time to think about publication, on paper (old-school). To avoid creating a financial blind flight for a potential publisher, it would be great to have in advance an idea how many people would be actually interested in buying a copy. This is not a preorder thread. I only want to assess the demand. The price will depend on the demand, of course. If there is only little interest, there is always the option for "print on demand" where you order your copy at a printshop of your choice, of course at a higher price than going through a publisher. Nevertheless, please be honest and only check the options you are really interested in buying. Thanks, Thomas |
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Thanks for your great work with this Thomas. I like the idea of having a hardcopy of your book, but realistically I already have physical copies of HRM and MC68000-060UM gathering dust and mold in the basement, and I reference those fairly regularly, but it always ends up being the digital versions.
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Even though I never learned to code, I still intend to someday and will enjoy a paperback hard copy to match my other RKMs.
![]() P.S. - take a look at IngramSpark for print-on-demand with near-global distribution. Readers can then order a copy at (almost) any bookstore. It’s very inexpensive to set up. |
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Physical documentation for software development is a bit too 1980's in the wrong way, paper programming docs at this point feels more like a memorabilia then a useful thing.
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I agree with the other comments that for practical purposes a digital version is better, but for preservation purposes the best medium is still paper, so I will support this effort buying a physical copy.
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@thomas
Hi, I'm interesting in "old fashioned" paper copy. |
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I posted this on X
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Good idea!
If someone has the time, this could also be posted on other Amiga forums and news sites (like https://www.amiga-news.de) |
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@Thomas : I don't know which solution you had a look at already but bought some books with this site in the past. Maybe worth a look ?
https://www.lulu.com/ |
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+1 for a paper copy.
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I like the convenience of a digital copy, but much prefer a high quality physical book, preferably hard bound which you can enjoy flipping the paper pages on.
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Thanks Thomas for the hard work on RKRM AmigaDOS project. I don't know where you draw the energy for these things you do.
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Just to keep you updated on the subject matter, we are currently still working on finding a print shop for getting the book printed. As by popular choice (here and at a1k.org), we are aiming for a format that is as close as possible to the original RKRMs. That is, US letter, paperback.
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Would Print on Demand services be too limited? I understand they have page limits based on max binding sizes and paper quality can be a bit meh.
But it'd decouple print-run-size from risk. ....Then again, I bet you already looked into that :-) |
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Voted, I would definitely buy the print version in any form, the higher quality the better. *However* it is extremely important to me that a digital version is also available. I like coding on the Amiga in the off hours, on the road, etc. The only copy going with me is the digital one.
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Olaf now kindly contributed a preface, which makes the book now complete. I also added a paragraph on why input/output redirection of Execute does not work (or not as expected) as the question came up here on eab. The way how execute works is so odd that it deserved a section of its own, and this has several side effects of which this is one.
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@Thor you wrote « AmigaDOS » and « AmigaOs » why not « AmigaOS » ?
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