From: "Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 18:08:50 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2018-07-04T18:08:50-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0f001d81-a40d-44e7-9499-a427daf570c3@googlegroups.com> (raw)
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On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 10:23:23 PM UTC-5, Andrew Shvets wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> In 2016, I published an introductory Ada book as an e-book. This time around, I have created a second version of this book, located here: https://amzn.to/2KC3Zic
>
> This is what the second edition has:
> - It's in print. You can buy a printed version. I've read programming e-books before, but mostly it has been a question if my screen/monitor was large enough to correctly display the source-code (it often was, but was impossible on an iPhone).
> - I added a chapter on networking. Networking is something that I'm working on improving my understanding. Only after I sufficiently understood how to implement examples in Ada did I add this to my next book.
> - There is a chapter on how to build libraries. Packages and methods are great for encapsulating code and making it more reuseable. However, not having to re-compile the code is simply phenomenal.
> - There is a chapter on proofs. In my previous book, this was a part of a chapter. In this book, it is a chapter. Such an important topic earned its own chapter.
> - I had a professional editor looked over the book. After my first attempt, I realized that there is plenty of room for improvement in subsequent versions. As a result, I hired a professional to give me invaluable input on specific things that I can do better.
>
> I'm open to sending PDFs as review copies, please send your requests to:
> introductory dot ada at gmail dot com
>
> Thank you for those -- on this mailing list -- who have helped me better understand Ada!
>
> --Andrew
Andrew, you might want to notify your publisher that your Kindle edition is unusable. I just tried to download it as one of my monthly Kindle Prime library-borrows, but the downloaded file was unable to open. (No specific error number or message, sorry.)
Plus your sole Kindle reviewer so far on the 2nd edition has given you a 1-star review for having the same experience. I am unsure whether that user purchased a Kindle copy or was a borrower too.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-30 3:23 Introduction to Ada Programming, 2nd Edition Andrew Shvets
2018-07-04 12:24 ` Olivier Henley
2018-07-04 12:34 ` Olivier Henley
2018-07-04 14:14 ` gerard.gaspard
2018-07-04 15:10 ` Bill Findlay
2018-07-04 15:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-07-04 23:15 ` Bill Findlay
2018-07-05 7:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-07-05 15:40 ` Bill Findlay
2018-07-06 8:38 ` G.B.
2018-07-05 1:08 ` Dan'l Miller [this message]
2018-07-05 13:47 ` Anatoly Chernyshev
2018-07-05 4:47 ` Paul Rubin
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