>>>if an author is proud of his book, he won't trash the manuscripts.
>>Such grave pronouncements. You might as well argue that they
>>shouldn't throw away their drafts. Fact is, they do. Once the
>>book is in print, they've got a real copy. What compelling
>>reason did he have to save the old floppy version? It's not
>>as if he thought there was any demand for a second edition.
>>Computer books come and go in six weeks these days.
> These days, but I think 1983 is a little different. And if a book is
> successfull, why wouldn't they think about a second edition. The
> compelling reason to save a floppy version is that they might want
> to go back and edit something.
First, not everybody is collecting everything :)
Second, for a sequent edition you will use the
medias from the publisher, or jur write the
changes in one copy and give it to the publisher
(And if you're very successful, you just tell him
via phone wat to change :).
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Thu Sep 03 1998 - 01:57:42 BST