I ordered it from Amazon. FYI, They have a comparable discount and free slow shipping (or free fast shipping with Amazon prime).
-Joe On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu>wrote: > > Thanks! > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Cosme Enmanuel Zamudio Salazar wrote: > > Congratulations, already ordered the book! > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Matthias Felleisen > <matth...@ccs.neu.edu>wrote: > >> >> >> Dear list members, >> >> Realm of Racket is finally out. For the first 72 hours, NoStarch.comoffers >> a 40% off coupon plus a free >> e-book version if you buy the book from their website. Otherwise the book >> is distributed through O'Reilly >> and is available at the usual places wherever O'Reilly sells its wares. >> >> ROAR is a book designed and authored by freshmen students from >> Northeastern, edited by myself and >> David Van Horn. It is intended for novices with some basic exposure to >> programming, not necessarily >> in Racket or Lisp-related languages. Following Conrad Barski's Land of >> Lisp, ROAR mixes instructions >> on programming with the creation of interactive games;, all of it >> illustrated with drawings and short cartoon >> stories. While LOL uses text-based gaming, ROAR is based on the HtDP 2e >> libraries, used inside of #lang >> racket modules. NoStarch.com's web site includes a sample chapter, >> "Hungry Henry", which showcases >> the creation of distributed GUI games. >> >> At Northeastern, we intend to use ROAR as the recommended bridge between >> HtDP/2e -- which does not >> use Racket but teaching languages -- and real Racket programming. I will >> also borrow exercises from ROAR >> to run my freshman course on program design. >> >> Congratulations to Mimi, Spencer, Rose, Eric, Scott, Ryan, Forrest, and >> Nicole for sticking through a >> two-year production process. >> >> Enjoy -- Matthias >> >> p.s. I am told you're welcome to re-distribute the coupon message below >> as widely as you wish. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> > From: No Starch Press <i...@nostarch.com> >> > Subject: 40% Off Realm of Racket >> > Date: June 18, 2013 11:00:20 AM EDT >> > >> > Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! >> > Email look funny? >> > View it in your browser. >> > >> > 40% Off Realm of Racket >> > >> > For the next 72 hours, get 40% off Realm of Racket, and learn to >> program in Racket, one game at a time! >> > >> > Use coupon code RACKETEERS. >> > >> > Coupon good on print or ebook purchase. Print purchase includes >> DRM-free ebook (PDF, epub, and mobi). >> > >> > Follow on Twitter | Friend on Facebook | Forward to a >> friend >> > No Starch Press >> > 38 Ringold Street >> > San Francisco, CA 94103 >> > >> > Add us to your address book >> > >> > Update subscription | Unsubscribe | View in browser >> > >> > >> >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> > > > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > >
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