[Coco] Book Review

[J.P. Samson]

I'm guessing Amazon.ca has sold out of their first batch; they had one  
left in stock a few days ago and now are indicating a 1 to 3 week lead  
time.  Has anyone in Canada actually received a copy that had the  
correct page ordering?  As an aside, the other major bookseller in the  
country is Chapters/Indigo:

<http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/coco-the-colorful-history-of/9781466592476-item.html 
 >

The book is showing in stock online, but I don't know of anyone who  
would pay the $8 premium to buy it at Chapters versus Amazon.ca.  So I  
have no idea if Chapter's batch has the same error.

And no need to apologize, Bill, as I know the mistake has nothing to  
do with you and Boisy.  I kind of like the idea of owning an  
unorthodox copy of the book; it kind of reminds me of the  
idiosyncratic nature of these home computers of the 1980's.

I'm also looking forward to the digital edition, which presumably will  
be published in color throughout.

-- JP


On Jan. 13, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Bill Loguidice wrote:

> Sorry about the book. We've again (just now) expressed our  
> disappointment
> to the publisher. It looks like they'll need to recall Amazon.ca's  
> stock as
> well.
>
> -Bill
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:19 PM, J.P. Samson
> <coco+list at jeanpaulsamson.com>wrote:
>
>> I finally received my preorder from Amazon.ca today.  Not  
>> surprisingly, it
>> too has the mixed up page order.  This provides additional evidence  
>> that
>> the entire first batch of books dispatched to Canada (via  
>> Amazon.ca) have
>> the problem with page order (just as Glen described).  But as long  
>> as all
>> the pages are there, it shouldn't hinder my reading and enjoyment,  
>> so I'm
>> happy.
>>
>> I flipped open to a random page and noticed an interview with  
>> Kilgus.  As
>> I learned more about computers, the more I was amazed by his  
>> collection of
>> early CoCo games. They were, by-and-large, 3D playing fields with  
>> digitized
>> sound effects, all crammed into the 8 kB ROM cartridges.  Pretty  
>> amazing
>> work.  I can't wait to dig in!