The book is excellent at any price. Thank you very much Dr. Sauermann! Blake McBride
On Mon, Oct 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM Dr. Jürgen Sauermann via Bugs and suggestions for GNU APL <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again, > > I have checked with the publisher (*BoD*), and unfortunately they ship > only within Europe. > > But there are also good news: > > 1. since my email below: Amazon.com has reduced their US retail price for > the book significantly, > 2. Walmart (also shipping the book in the US) seems to be even cheaper), > and > 3. as of *SVN 2135* I have updated the ordering info in file > *HOWTOs/Bible/Bible-Preview.pdf* > which now contains a direct link to Walmart's online shop. > > In Europe *Bod* seems still to be the simplest/fastest why to order, > while in the *US* it takes > a little longer before the info about the book has proliferated to all > vendors. > > Talking to *ChatGPT* my assumption that the price difference between > Europe and the US > is not caused by US import tariffs (they are 0% on printed books) but by > other factors (sales > tax, shipping and handling, margins, etc.). > > Best Regards, > Jürgen > > > On 10/3/26 16:50, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann wrote: > > Hi Henrik, > > that's a real pity. In particular since I checked with the publisher (BoD) > beforehand if the > can/will be sold in the US. To make that possible I had to change from > hard-cover (which > I normally prefer) to paperback. I will complain at BoD about this, but > have little hope that > they will change their distribution channel. > > I also looked on the Web for other book stores offering the book. Most of > them, like BoD > itself, ship only within the EU. > > Finally I looked at Amazon.com in the US. It seems like they offer (and > ship) the book in the US. > Unfortunately the price is significantly higher - the book sells for > €78,00 ∼ $88,00 in Europe, > but for $107,50 at Amazon US). I suppose this is due to recent US tariffs > for European goods. > > Best Regards, > Jürgen > > > On 10/2/26 22:52, Henrik Moller wrote: > > I guess I missed the announcement last week, but, first, at least if > you're using the Brave browser and maybe have the right extensions > installed, right-clicking on the bookstore pages gets you translations. > Second, the bookstore doesn't seem to ship to the US. > > On 10/1/26 14:32, Robin Haberkorn via Bugs and suggestions for GNU APL > wrote: > > Congratulations, Jürgen! > > I discovered your book even before you announced it. I was looking > for *something* about APL and there it was. > > Books on Demand is quite expensive, though. Are you planning > a digital release as well? > > Best regards, > Robin > > On Sun Sep 27, 2026 at 21:10:17 GMT +02, Dr. Juergen Sauermann via Bugs > and suggestions for GNU APL wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm happy to announce that I've finished a book about GNU APL: > > *The GNU APL Bible: Implementing APL in C++* > > It's a 324-page, chapter-by-chapter walk through the actual > implementation: the core data model (Value, Shape, ravel, the Cell > hierarchy), the execution pipeline (tokenizer, parser, prefix, the > state indicator), built-in functions and operators, symbol and > workspace management, and the more advanced corners -- the libapl > embedding API, native functions and auxiliary processors, parallel > execution, the WebSocket/GUI interfaces, and the Windows port. A final > part is aimed squarely at anyone who wants to contribute: navigating > the source tree, common maintenance tasks, debugging techniques, and > the Savannah/mailing-list workflow itself. Style is deliberately > modeled on Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" -- annotated code > listings, historical notes, and exercises at the end of each chapter. > > A free preview -- front cover, the full table of contents (with the > same page numbers as the printed book), the preface, and Chapters 1-3 > in full -- is at *HOWTOs/Bible/Bible-Preview.pdf* in your *SVN 2128* or > *Git* checkout (just *svn up*, or *git pull*), or directly from Savannah: > > http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/apl/trunk/HOWTOs/Bible/Bible-Preview.pdf > > Detailed ordering instructions for the whole book are at the end of > the preview. > > I hope this is a useful companion for anyone maintaining, extending, > or just curious about what's actually going on inside GNU APL. > > Best regards, > Jürgen > > > > > > > >
