Re: Book recall

>> missing and duplicate pages - an excellent demonstration of two of the most problematic SQL features - NULLs and bags! <<

LOL! Seriously, tho, I vaguely know that technical books are now printed in short batch runs from digital storage of some kind on specialized printing/bindery machines. They are too smart to be called printing presses any more. The covers are done by a company that is set up for color work and the interiors by another.

The publishers get advance orders from the bookstore chains which dominate the US market and do a first printing to fill those orders and put as few copies into their own warehouse as possible.

Minor typos that do not change the pagination can be done in between printings digitally and then the book gets short run printings based on the reorders -- again mostly from the bookstore chains. The real compliment is seeing a printing number that is over 2 when I look at a copy of one of my books at a Barnes & Noble :)

What I am trying to figure out is how the signatures got messed up in such an automated process.

The "Analytics & OLAP" book is a quick overview for OLTP programmers who are getting into Data Warehouses, etc. without a strong math background. Received on Wed May 30 2007 - 08:33:50 CDT