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I got my copies of the book, the rest went to the warehouse. We'll start shipping this week I imagine. Looks like the lay-flat binding is doing it's job. The lay-flat binding cost an extra 26 cents per book if you're wondering how badly you're getting screwed by big publishers.

Deployed a minor (admin-side) bug fix and a copy change for Lorepub.com

If you didn't opt out of emails from Gumroad you should've gotten a message from me today about the pre-sale of the hardcover @haskellbook It links to this blog post with details: lorepub.com/post/2021-03-0…

@haskellbook Here's the blog post explaining the deal with the pre-sale and what to expect in more detail: lorepub.com/post/2021-03-0… It includes images of the galley proof I had made by the same printer doing the commercial run this year.

The printed hardcover edition of @haskellbook is now available for pre-sale: lorepub.com/product/haskel… If you need to change your address between now and when the book starts shipping, please send me an email: lorepub.com/support Expect the book to ship in 2-3 months.

Here's a blog post expanding on what I said about the pre-sale of the print book earlier today: lorepub.com/post/2021-03-0… Please let me know if you have any questions!

@haskellbook I'll have a blog post to answer questions and talk more about the pre-sale up in a bit.

@haskellbook These are not low quality, digitally printed books like you get from Lulu or some tech publishers, they cannot be printed on demand. These are offset printed books, casebound (meaning, hardcover), with a lay-flat binding. So I have to do a big batch at a time.

I need to do a pre-flight check but the main remaining items are pulling a database snapshot to piece together the database migration (a lot changed to support physical sales), testing the coupon generation against that local snapshot, and then pushing out migrations and coupons.

Logistics integration seems to be working. If things go according to plan the pre-sale of the print version of @haskellbook will be available by the end of March. Keep in mind it's a pre-sale: this is so I know how many books to print off. Books may not ship for 2-3 months.

Everyone that bought Haskell Book while it was in early access gets an automatic 50% off coupon. It'll apply automatically, you won't need to do anything. If you don't have a coupon and believe you should you can email me at support@lorepub.com

Anyway pre-sale is coming soon. In terms of programming, I'd like to get a head start on the fulfillment integration work. I'd also like to write a blog post explaining the reason for the pre-sale.

Basically: I'd like to know how many print copies to order for the initial sales and a pre-sale helps me do that and to pay for the print run.

Haskell Book people: does this make sense to y'all? I'm gonna call the printer next week to get a new estimate and make sure everything's in order. (This isn't live, this is from my local dev version of Lorepub's e-commerce app.)

@ashprakasan @dennistel90 @drboolean I just ended up learning Haskell no better way to understand all the various abstractions. I would recommend this book: haskellbook.com

@prodhaskell @yeradis year and change to write all the original content then like 3-4 years of spinning wheels and editing so yeah I feel you I recommend hiring an editor. @sjsyrek is fantastic.

@lorepub @yeradis oh, the content is chugging along just fine now, it's when I get to the editing/rendering/art/publishing stage that i'll need Encouragement

13,046 words and counting

@prodhaskell @yeradis having a gun to your head helps with getting content done but I don't actually recommend it, especially if you'd like to start family formation soon

@yeradis Unfortunately not. I want to wait on pre-orders until I have more of the book complete.

anyway as a result he is joining me for today's programming session working on @lorepub's stock tracking & management the gist is there and I have the physical bundle disabling when it's out of stock I need to add enforcement at the cart and purchase level, then admin mgmt.

You don't need to get anything to get your coupon for a discounted copy of the print book if you bought the ebook in early access! I have a database of all the purchases. I'll be using that data to copy licenses over to Lorepub and to generate & email coupons automatically.