On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
I recently brought the book GIMP 2.6 Cookbook.
When opening the book, I was very disappointed that all the numerous
images inside the book was printed in black/white, no color at all
except on the cover.
I find it outright stupid to
On 2011-06-26 14:38, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
I find it outright stupid to print such a book without color. I have
other books with full color which wasn't significally more expensive
(such as Beginning GIMP).
P.S. The PDF they sell is in full color. And wasn't significally more
expensive
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
P.S. The PDF they sell is in full color. And wasn't significally more
expensive doesn't really say anything.
OK, let's see at Amazon.com:
Beginning GIMP (full color, 557 pages) $31.17
GIMP 2.6 Cookbook (no color, 393 pages) $38.19
On 2011-06-26 15:11, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
2nd edition of Beginning GIMP was published in 2008, while the book
in question is from 2011. Discounts tend to grow as books grow older.
Beginning GIMP was $49.99 originally
GIMP 2.6 Cookbook was $40.49 originally.
Fair enough, but
I see that there is an eBook version of this book available. Is that
also without color?
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On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
I see that there is an eBook version of this book available. Is that
also without color?
As already pointed out in an earlier mail, it's in full color.
Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org
On Sunday, June 26, 2011 10:50:09 am Mikael Ståldal wrote:
On 2011-06-26 15:11, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
2nd edition of Beginning GIMP was published in 2008,
while the book
in question is from 2011. Discounts tend to grow as
books grow older.
Beginning GIMP was $49.99 originally
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Mikael Ståldal mik...@staldal.nu wrote:
I recently brought the book GIMP 2.6 Cookbook.
So here I was, looking forward to a Gimp book review, and all I get is
this tripe about BW illustrations... (as if that even matters).
worst... book review... ever!
--
Frank
