Re: Book recall
Date: 30 May 2007 06:33:50 -0700
Message-ID: <1180532030.227415.7030_at_p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
>> 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 - 15:33:50 CEST