Re: [Ql-Users] OUT NOW! (errata)

2014-11-03 Thread John Gilpin 

Hi again all,

Just correcting my typo that the QL is now in it's 310st year. It 
obviously should have read "now in it's 31st year"


Kind Regards,

John Gilpin.

On 03/11/2014 22:42, John Gilpin wrote:
After following the thread, on this list, regarding the interest in 
Jan Jones's book "QL SuperBASIC - The Definitive Handbook", I was 
asked by QUANTA to see if I could set up a rapport with Jan to see if 
she would give QUANTA permission to re-publish her book in electronic 
format - PDF or e Book formats -


You may remember that the book was first published by McGraw-Hill (UK) 
Ltd. in 1985 and due to overwhelming demand by QUANTA Members and with 
Jan's permission, the QUANTA LIMITED EDITION was published in July 
1989. Many QLers (both QUANTA members and non-QUANTA Members) now have 
copies of either the original or the QUANTA Reprint.


At first, when I contacted Jan, she expressed surprise that this book 
was still in such great demand and said that she would consider our 
proposal to re-publish the book and get back to me.


This she did later in the summer saying that she was currently(then) 
considering the possibility of re-publishing the book herself in 
electronic format and would let me know her final decision when her 
considerations were completed. This was the last I heard until earlier 
today I received the following email:-


START COPY EMAIL:

Hi John,

I hope you are well and that the 30th anniversary celebrations went 
swimmingly!




I have finally managed to e publish a new edition of /QL SuperBASIC - 
The Definitive Handbook. /It's taken quite some while, because it 
proved to be impractical to scan it in - so I have retyped and 
reformatted it!


I believe it should be available in all Amazon markets now, and can be 
read on the free-to-download Kindle-for-PC software if people don't 
have an actual hand-held Kindle.


The link is www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P569EH4

The new cover is lovely, the book is priced at a very reasonable £5 - 
the only thing missing from the original is the index, which is 
slightly tricky on a book with no page numbers. Kindles do have a 
text-search capability though, which should help.


I'd be grateful if you could spread the word.

All thebest, Jan x

END COPY EMAIL.

I will respond to Jan's email with the thanks of all QLers for her 
hard work and support for the QL now in it's 310st year.


All we need to do now is to buy our copies from Amazon - see link 
above - My copy has been delivered by Amazon Whispernet and is just 
waiting for me to get back to some activity requiring Jan's expertise.


Kind Regards,

John Gilpin.
QUANTA Membership Secretary
and QUANTA Treasurer
membership @quanta.org.uk
treasurer @quanta.org.uk




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http://www.qlis30.org.uk/#Jan


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Re: [Ql-Users] OUT NOW!

2014-11-03 Thread John Gilpin 
After following the thread, on this list, regarding the interest in Jan 
Jones's book "QL SuperBASIC - The Definitive Handbook", I was asked by 
QUANTA to see if I could set up a rapport with Jan to see if she would 
give QUANTA permission to re-publish her book in electronic format - PDF 
or e Book formats -


You may remember that the book was first published by McGraw-Hill (UK) 
Ltd. in 1985 and due to overwhelming demand by QUANTA Members and with 
Jan's permission, the QUANTA LIMITED EDITION was published in July 1989. 
Many QLers (both QUANTA members and non-QUANTA Members) now have copies 
of either the original or the QUANTA Reprint.


At first, when I contacted Jan, she expressed surprise that this book 
was still in such great demand and said that she would consider our 
proposal to re-publish the book and get back to me.


This she did later in the summer saying that she was currently(then) 
considering the possibility of re-publishing the book herself in 
electronic format and would let me know her final decision when her 
considerations were completed. This was the last I heard until earlier 
today I received the following email:-


START COPY EMAIL:

Hi John,

I hope you are well and that the 30th anniversary celebrations went 
swimmingly!




I have finally managed to e publish a new edition of /QL SuperBASIC - 
The Definitive Handbook. /It's taken quite some while, because it proved 
to be impractical to scan it in - so I have retyped and reformatted it!


I believe it should be available in all Amazon markets now, and can be 
read on the free-to-download Kindle-for-PC software if people don't have 
an actual hand-held Kindle.


The link is www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P569EH4

The new cover is lovely, the book is priced at a very reasonable £5 - 
the only thing missing from the original is the index, which is slightly 
tricky on a book with no page numbers. Kindles do have a text-search 
capability though, which should help.


I'd be grateful if you could spread the word.

All thebest, Jan x

END COPY EMAIL.

I will respond to Jan's email with the thanks of all QLers for her hard 
work and support for the QL now in it's 310st year.


All we need to do now is to buy our copies from Amazon - see link above 
- My copy has been delivered by Amazon Whispernet and is just waiting 
for me to get back to some activity requiring Jan's expertise.


Kind Regards,

John Gilpin.
QUANTA Membership Secretary
and QUANTA Treasurer
membership @quanta.org.uk
treasurer @quanta.org.uk


 


On 03/11/2014 18:21, Urs Koenig (QL) wrote:

http://www.qlis30.org.uk/#Jan

  


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Re: [Ql-Users] OUT NOW!

2014-11-03 Thread Petri Pellinen 
Urs, thanks for the heads-up! Had to buy it from the US store because
for some reason the UK store does not "deliver" Kindle editions to
Finland. Amazing that she went through the trouble of retyping and
republishing the whole thing.

Petri


On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Urs Koenig (QL)  wrote:
> http://www.qlis30.org.uk/#Jan
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>   http://www.qlis30.org.uk
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>   http://www.youtube.com/QLvsJAGUAR
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> https://plus.google.com/104042128125238901905/posts
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> Sinclair, QL, ATARI, JAGUAR, NUON, APPLE & more...
>
>
>
> Ever wondered what QLvsJAGUAR is about?
> http://www.qlvsjaguar.homepage.bluewin.ch/QLvsJAGUAR.html
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[Ql-Users] OUT NOW!

2014-11-03 Thread Urs Koenig (QL) 
http://www.qlis30.org.uk/#Jan

 

QL forever!

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Sinclair, QL, ATARI, JAGUAR, NUON, APPLE & more...

 

Ever wondered what QLvsJAGUAR is about?
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