On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > John Cremona wrote: >>>
... >>> >> >> At the moment, a search on amazon.co.uk under books for Sage Tutorial >> finds 3 matches: ... >> >> I'll try again in a week or so! >> >> John >> > > I'm pretty sure it will not appear on Amazon UK. There are numerous > discussions on the web about this issue. It would appear Create Space do not > have printers in the UK, and the whole model is "print on demand". So if > there are no printers here then it presents a problem as it must be shipped > internationally. > > > Apparently there is some "extended distribution rights" with Createspace. > Not sure exactly how that works, though I know you have to pay extra to get > that. The only option I know of is a "pro" createspace account, which is $40/year. I don't mind paying it out-of-pocket but it was not at all clear to me that improved international shipping would result from that. It seemed to me that the main advantage to "pro" was a slightly higher royalty rate for the Sage Foundation. > > I'd personally be quite willing to pay the cost of a bound copy. > > Some items on Amazon.com simply can't be shipped to the UK. I don't know > why. > > Dave > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
