On Jan 7, 1:39 pm, excord80 <excor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 7, 4:00 pm, floob <floob.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have been searching for a way to print the official Python > > documentation into some kind of book (for my own uses). I don't > > really care if it's printed on newspaper and bound with elmer's > > glue ... any way I can get relatively recent _official documentation_ > > in print form will do. > > > I'm on the go a lot, and can't read for long periods of time on LCD > > screens anyhow (so having a laptop is not my solution). Until eBook > > readers grow up a bit, I'm stuck trying to print the documentation > > that I REALLY need to read and absorb. > > > Lulu.com is an option, but it would cost something around $100 US > > before shipping to get everything printed. Also, I would have to > > split up some larger documents into Volumes, which I'd rather not have > > to do. > > > Has anyone tried this before? Is the documentation already available > > in print? > > > Thanks, > > > drfloob > > http://docs.python.org/download.html > > I'd try taking the pdf to my local print shop and ask how much they'd > charge. > > Local print shops have options for various bindings too.
I tried 7 print shops in my area. Five refused to print single-run books (minimum quantity of 100). Of the 2 that WOULD print a single set of books, the cheapest was $250.00 (spiral bound, no covers, 8.5" x 11", cheapest paper available). That quote included roughly: the tutorial, library, reference, distutils, extending, and c-api pdfs. For that price, I could buy an eBook reader with plans to throw it away when I was done! Off on a bit of a tangent: if the Python Software Foundation could strike a deal with a charitable printing company, users could probably get a slight discount on buying printed documentation, and I'd bet Python's organization could get a small percentage of each sale. I believe ubuntu is doing something like this with Lulu.com. It'd be nice to support Python while doing something I was going to do on my own, anyhow. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
