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- Subject: Re: need `ML for Working Programmer'
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.140429.1699@cabell.vcu.edu>
- From: dresler@cabell.vcu.edu (Dan Resler)
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:04:29 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.163635.6941@cabell.vcu.edu> <NICKH.92Sep8102218@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU>
- Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University
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- nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Sep3.163635.6941@cabell.vcu.edu> dresler@cabell.vcu.edu (Dan Resler) writes:
-
- > I have just been told by a representative of Cambridge University
- > Press that the _entire_ printing of `ML for the Working Programmer'
- > has been "frozen" indefinitely (i.e. they're not shipping and they
- > don't know why or when they'll ship again). Does anyone know why or for
- > how long they'll be unavailable? I was planning on using it for one of
- > my texts this term; can anyone suggest a bookstore that might have
- > a few copies and be willing to ship? Thanks.
-
- >Well, I read this and contacted a friend in the STM group of CUP in
- >Cambridge, puzzled; like several people on this newsgroup, I had some
- >involvement in the production of Paulson, and had heard nothing. This
- >is the reply:
-
- >> Paulson frozen? Nope. The paperback (with corrections) exists
- >> and is selling like hot cakes. However you probably can't get
- >> it yet in the US of A, and probably won't until next year sometime.
- >> Our marketing in NY tells me that the demand in the US is
- >> for hardcover not paperback books, so we're selling the second
- >> printing in hardcover there.
-
- >So there you go. From the horse's mouth, as it were. You shouldn't
- >have any trouble getting hold of the hardcover (or the paperback if
- >you're in the UK). If you do have any difficulties, contact me and I
- >can make further enquiries (with the CUP people in NY, for instance).
-
- >Nick Haines nickh@cs.cmu.edu
-
- It was the CUP people in New York (Neena, to be specific) who gave
- me this info. Three times. And since many have contacted me saying
- this just can't be, I decided to try the top-down approach and
- contact someone higher up at CUP.
-
- Bingo. Paulson isn't frozen. They've run out of copies and are
- currently waiting for the second-printing to arrive from the UK.
- According to the person I talked to, the rep was "misinterpreting the
- information on her screen".
-
- My contact was Peter John Leone (1-800-221-4512) who can be
- contacted via email at mktg_cam@acf1.nyu.edu (I haven't tried this
- address yet).
- --
- Dan Resler
- Dept. of Mathematical Sciences email: dresler@cabell.vcu.edu
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Richmond, Virginia, USA 23284-2014
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