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Dear friends, during the last months I mentioned in a few occasions (in lugnet.robotics) that my brother Giulio and I were writing a book. Now the time has come to officially present it. The title of the book is Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics) !!
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Greetings, Mario! Quick question: the Syngress site lists your book as 656 pages, hardcover with downloadable version -- Amazon lists it as 448 pages, paperback and mentions no downloadable version. The coverart is different for both, so can we (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) hardcover (...) can (...) Hi Carl, the page at Amazon is still based on pre-publishing info, and the cover is just a temporary cover. I suppose they're going to update their database very soon. There is just one version of the book, which is (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey this is great, I look foward to reading it. Eric www.mylegomaster.com (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I read the sample chapter, I have to say it is what am looking for, a handbook of LEGO Building, I hope I have chance to translate it into Chinese... Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Howdy Mario, Question for you... Is there only one book or is there two? I have already pre-ordered the "two-book" set from amazon.com. :) I look forward to your book(s). Thanx! (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There are two Mindstorms books published by Syngress: the one written by us, and another one written by Brian Bagnall about programming the RCX in Java (leJOS). You can buy them separately or as a kit, as you did. Thanks a lot for your order (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:GMHGz6.9px@lugnet.com... (...) I'll try and get the details our suppliers have updated too as our company site also lists it as 448 pages. For those interested the details are at (URL) , (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:GMHM32.2vw@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) us, (...) So the Java one isn't written by you? Syngress must have had a bad day when handing out pre-release info :( Dan (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Java (...) when (...) I think so :-) The Java book has been written by Brian Bagnall and a co-author whose name I can't remember in this moment. Brian usually reads this ng, so I think he will jump in sooner or later to give more precise (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As far as I know, the Java book is not ready for press yet, but I can confirm that Mario's book is actually at the printers and will be ready for shipping soon. I must also add that Mario and Giulio have done a wonderful job with this book - (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hello Mario, There seems to be a bit of confusion about the other book. So just to be sure, I've just ordered the one by the Ferrari brothers. Btw, just below yor robotics book amazon.com also lists a title "Mario Ferrari on wine and food". Is (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello Mario, congratulations for a major achievement and contribution to the community. If the book is only half as good as you announcement makes mne think it is, it is going to be great! I will be sure to grab a copy of it ... Greetings Horst (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks! (...) No, sorry. I'm very fond of cooking, but didn't write any book. Not yet :-) Ciao Mario (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Be aware that if you attempt to buy this from the Syngress web site and you are outside of the US it will take 1-2 days to authorise before you can download! This is only mentioned on the web site AFTER they have taken your credit card details and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Keith - Agreed. That's poor. Despite that, I still ordered the book from them, in hopes that being a US customer, I'd be able to download immediately. No such luck - the https://www.syngress...g_main.cfm page lets me select the Mindstorms (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Please pardon the self-reply - A quick note of thanks to all those who offered advice on this. The problem seems to be the version and type of web browser. Syngress apparently doesn't support IE 6.x, but it will work on v5.5x. Others have had (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In a similar vein, the Syngress site lists the price (without shipping) as $19.95 while Amazons is listing it (without shipping) as $34.96 (supposedly reduced from $49.95), while an Australian online bookstore Dymocks lists it as about $40 (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) (supposedly (...) it (...) the (...) I can answer my own question. It is the two-book set (discussed elsewhere in this thread) that is $34.96 at Amazons. When I enlarged the image, that became clear. Amazons seem to be doing their best to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Amazon has it for a tad over $20USD. The $34.95 was for the "two-book" set which now seems not be the case since the Java book is not going to be published at this time. (...) Jim West Lugnet Member 63 (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Last update on this to keep the record straight and to stop slamming Syngress... Camella Voci of Syngress wrote me a note today stating that she had to reset my receipt in their system. I was in a no-man's land of sorts in their database, and (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) similar (...) I got a reply - three days later and it wasn't an apology or anything just : "Keith, Your order has been cancelled. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks Camella" (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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