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From: [e-mail] (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc,aus.kermit
Subject: Difficulty obtaining Kermit manuals
Date: 16 Jun 1995 22:30:03 GMT
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It seems that some of the phone numbers that were published for
Digital Press / Butterworth Heinemann / Reed Elsevier (the publisher
of the three English-language Kermit books) were wrong.

We have verified with the publisher that the following list is true and
accurate and up to date:

   [phone]    (Woburn, MA office for USA & Canada)
 * [phone]    (Toronto, ON office for Canada)
 * [phone]    (Rushden, England office for Europe)
   [phone]     (Chatswood, NSW office for Australia & NZ)
 * [phone]       (Singapore office for Asia etc)
   [phone]     (Durban office for South Africa)
   [phone]        (New Delhi office for India)
   [phone]      (Hong Kong)
   [phone]   (Brazil office for South America)

The ones marked with * are new or changed.

We have attempted to update all our online files and Web pages, etc, to
show the right numbers.  In the meantime, anybody outside the USA who has
had difficulty locating these books is encouraged to try (or have their
bookstores try) the new numbers.

Readers in Australia and New Zealand: please note that the Chatswood NSW
office will be moving soon and the number will change.  So now is a good
time to call :-)

Of course, people in all countries can also order direct from Columbia
University.  We have all three books in English, and we also have the
French edition of "Using MS-DOS Kermit", so French Canadians need not
order it all the way from France.  See our Web page for further
information:

   http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/manuals.html

or send email to [e-mail].

Meanwhile, there have also been reports that the German editions are hard
to find.  The first reason for this is that we published the wrong fax
number for the publisher, Verlag Heinz Heise in Hannover.  The correct fax
number is:

   [phone]

(not 53 23-1 29).  The voice number (which was published correctly) was,
and still is:

   [phone]

The rest of the story will be narrated by our excellent friend and German
translator, Gisbert W. Selke:

The situation is thus: Heise has run out of pre-packaged book+disk
combos. There are still books galore lying around, but they want to
package MS-Kermit 3.14 with it -- a sensible thing to do, I think, for all
the new feechures!  In order that people may make use of all the new
goodies, they want to put translated versions of the update, beware and
help files on disk.

This is currently being prepared; so, yes, in a sense, it *is* sold out,
but then again, it is *not*. I'd reckon it'll take the new books four
weeks to appear in the stores. If that's fast enough for you, fine --
you'll have it right up to date! Otherwise, if you're pressed for time and
would be content to receive the updated on-disk manuals at a later time, I
imagine they'd be willing to supply you with what they have right away.

(end quote)

- Frank