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Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Aaron Bourgoin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:14 GMT

Cadimage Tools scripting wizards have written a big book on GDL - to be published shortly.

http://blog.cadimagetools.com/

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:41:14 GMT

I wonder if you will need a dongle just to read it?

This is good news though. The more interest generated in GDL the better for everyone.

Perhaps if anyone gets a copy they could do a short review for us?

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Aaron Bourgoin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:47:26 GMT

There were some sample pdf pages on the announcement page. see my previous link. The sample pages suggest there is some emphasis on always trying to see the bigger picture; not just the nuts and the bolts.

Nicholson-Cole pioneered this approach to teaching GDL. Cadimage have exploited its capabilities ever since they were known as Theometric software. At least 10 years ago.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Any one know how much this book costs ?
I went to the Cadimage web site but did not
see any place where the price was stated.
Peter Devlin

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:12:51 GMT

75 Euros (15% discount for preorder)

http://www.cadimagetools.com/gdlbook.aspx

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:36:04 GMT

Thank you Peter.
Peter Devlin

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Laura Yanoviak — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:51:08 GMT

$90.00 USD (less aforementioned 15% discount).

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:14:39 GMT

Hello Laura,
According to my information, the current conversion rate
for Euros to USD is about 1.256 so the cost in USD would
be 75 Eros times 1.256 equals about $94.20 before the
15% pre-order discount. How do you get $90.00 USD ?
Thanks,
Peter Devlin

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Laura Yanoviak — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:17:16 GMT

here...

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:26:55 GMT

Hello Laura,
Thank you. I missed that because I did not
recognize that USD meant US dollars in
that context. I thought it meant something else.
Interesting discrepancy between the Eros price
according to Peter and the USD price.
Peter Devlin

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

owen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:44:54 GMT

cheeky Kiwi's selling their products in US Dollars ...

don't they realise that if they were selling in NZ Dollars their products would be much more attractive t the rest of the world, esp now €1=NZ$2.5

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:34:20 GMT

Hi All,

Glad to see there is some interest in our GDL Book! We have sold a couple of dozen copies within 2 days of announcing it!

Remember if you purchase it before 16th March 2009 you receive 15% off as a 'pre-purchase special'

Now, to clarify some pricing information!

- We sell the book in four currencies on our website: AUD, EUR, USD and GBP
- Unlike our other products this book is not downloadable and therefore needs to be shipped
- As outlined on the website to keep things simple I have included the shipping cost within the overall price
- Shipping from NZ to US or Europe costs us a different amount therefore you cannot simply do Forex conversions and compare prices (the base price is virtually identical across currencies - currently - but it is the shipping price that vaires)
- Lastly, we could sell in NZD, however most people do not know what the NZD is and besides the NZD Price is a lot higher so after a conversion into your own currency there is no real benefit!

Also, just to let you know we have updated the webpage to also include a PDF of the Table of Contents: http://www.cadimagetools.com/gdlbook.aspx

For any further information please email campbell@cadimagetools.com

Thanks
Campbell
________________________________________________________

Campbell Yule
Managing Director
Cadimage Tools Limited
ArchiCAD Productivity Tools

:: Auckland
:: New Zealand

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Laura Yanoviak — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:38:25 GMT

Campbell wrote:
Also, just to let you know we have updated the webpage to also include a PDF of the Table of Contents

O yes, thank you -- very helpful.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:35:30 GMT

I wonder what the conversion of $NZ is for New Zealanders? Probably pretty bad in the current economic climate.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:11:33 GMT

I ordered mine a couple of days ago 😉
It is arriving early next month. So as soon as i can i'll post a review.

it has been written by Andrew who is very on to it. So it should be really good.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

owen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:46:55 GMT

Campbell wrote:
- Unlike our other products this book is not downloadable and therefore needs to be shipped

Campbell,

A PDF version would be really, really handy. I am considering buying this but the thing putting me off at the moment is knowing it is hardcopy-only. I am a mobile kinda guy who works from pretty much anywhere I can and I will not carry books around with me - pretty much anything I need as a reference can be found in electronic form one way or another. I want it on my laptop/iPod/iPhone so i have it with me when i know i will need it most, in a form that is convienient.

Even if you don't want to sell a download-only copy perhaps consider including a CD containing a PDF (not encrypted - i want to bookmark/markup). A lot of tech-type books do this .. it just makes so much more sense than carrying around dead trees.

cheers,

os

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Erich — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:35:15 GMT

I have already pre-ordered the book and like hard copy. It just feels more real.

However, Owen makes a good point about providing an electronic file to go along with the hard copy. When doing GDL at the office, I make good use of the PDF resources we have available already (GDL Reference Guide, and the various versions of the GDL Cookbook). But since this will be my book not the offices, it will likely reside at home. Being able to have a PDF copy on my laptop to go back and forth with me would be a wonderful addition and would keep what looks to be a good reference close at hand.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:18:18 GMT

I agree. i love a hard copy book.
However when writing GDL (coding) it is really handy being able to copy and paste bits of code here and there, straight from a pdf.
Much like the GDL reference guide.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:39:09 GMT

I'm not sure that we'll be able to provide a pdf version of the book, but I would be happy to provide the GDL scripts in an electronic format. I agree its important to be able to copy and paste the scripts directly, rather than re-typing them.

Re: Brand Spanking New GDL Book

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:47:55 GMT

yip that would be really handy. it just saves a lot of time.