[ALLY] REBOL the Official Guide

[1/21] from: ptretter:charter at: 3-Aug-2000 20:03

I just want to urge everyone who is serious about learning REBOL to buy the book "REBOL - The Official Guide". I dont work for REBOL or anyway profit from this book. However, I know many people on these lists have had great benefits from RT products whether beta or not. Carl and his staff have worked very hard to create a great product and I have heard great things about the book. I myself have already ordered and await anxiously for arrival. I also want to thank all of you for your help and contribution to the lists. Amazon, is asking for reviews so if you have recieved the book Im sure you will post great things about the book. Have fun everyone! Paul

[2/21] from: porterpa:hotmai:l at: 4-Aug-2000 16:40

I just received my copy of "Rebol The Official Guide" and am really looking forward to getting started. I've just one problem. Theres no CD! Has anyone else received the book without a CD? Paul

[3/21] from: rebol:techscribe at: 4-Aug-2000 17:46

My copy has a CD. Where did you buy your copy? At 04:40 PM 8/4/00 +0000, you wrote:

>I just received my copy of "Rebol The Official Guide" and am really looking >forward to getting started. I've just one problem. Theres no CD! Has >anyone else received the book without a CD? > >Paul >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >

;- Elan [ : - ) ] author of REBOL: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE REBOL Press: The Official Source for REBOL Books http://www.REBOLpress.com visit me at http://www.TechScribe.com

[4/21] from: ptretter:charter at: 4-Aug-2000 20:07

Mine had the CD. I ordered mine from www.rebolpress.com

[5/21] from: carlos:revistaeletronica at: 4-Aug-2000 14:25

Hi, I want to make your words mine. I think Rebol just a great product and an excelent language to start programming. Carl and his team have done a real great job! I ordered my copy of REBOL Official Guide just yesterday at Amazon books by less than US$ 28 and I'm anxious to put my hands on it! Unfortunatelly in my country, Brazil, I have not found yet other people that program with REBOL to exchange some experience. I also would like to make an invitation to the people in this group that speaks Portuguese :-) to join me and help me build a Portuguese web site dedicated to REBOL. Greetings Carlos Lorenz

[6/21] from: ptretter:charter at: 4-Aug-2000 18:13

I got my book today and wow is it packed. Totally awesome! Much better than I expected. By the way Carl thanks us all for our participation in this great list. Get the Book - you will be glad you did.

[7/21] from: ralph:abooks at: 5-Aug-2000 21:12

He got it from us, Elan. We're sending him a CD and have checked the books in stock; they all seem to have CDs but obviously McGraw-Hill's book manufacturer (and I know who it is and they are in my experience not perfect<g>) was not perfect. Anyway, we doing a closer inspection before books go out now. --Ralph Ralph Roberts, CEO ALEXANDER BOOKS/ Creativity, Inc. 65 Macedonia Road Alexander, NC 28701 USA 800-472-0438 tollfree voice & fax U.S./Canada 828-255-8719 voice & fax worldwide http://abooks.com $5 Blowout special on Stan Veit's HISTORY OF THE PC http://1-b.net/historypc.html while quantities last!

[8/21] from: chaz:innocent at: 8-Aug-2000 23:17

After reading about it for days on this list (and getting increasingly envious), today I finally received my copy of Rebol: The Official Guide, the limited edition Carl Sassenrath-signed tip sheet. The CD was in the back, as expected, and works very well. Thanks Ralph and all the folks at Alexander Press who were responsible for getting this book into my hands (it's a hefty thing!) Thanks to all the folks at RebolPress for putting it all together! Thanks Elan and John for distilling the facts into concrete examples and explanations! Thanks Carl and all the folks at REBOL Technologies for manifesting your inner REBOLs! chaz Rule One of surviving is: Figure out what your brain will do and use that to get around what your brain won't do. This is pleasanter than hitting your head against the wall in sheer frustration and much more useful than swearing - Peaches Dann At 06:13 PM 8/4/00 -0500, you wrote:

[9/21] from: bhandley:zip:au at: 9-Aug-2000 18:53

Here here. Received mine this morning (Sydney time). With excitement of receiving my first internet order from America, I opened the box, flipped some pages and found a very nice book as expected. Brett.

[10/21] from: jhagman:infa:abo:fi at: 9-Aug-2000 19:52

Quoting [bhandley--zip--com--au] ([bhandley--zip--com--au]):

> Here here. > > Received mine this morning (Sydney time). With excitement of receiving my > first internet order from America, I opened the box, flipped some pages and > found a very nice book as expected.

Has anyone in Europe already received the book? I'm just being curious and yes, I haven't yet... Hopefully it'll come soon :) Yours, Jussi -- Jussi Hagman CS in �bo Akademi University Studentbyn 4 D 33 [juhagman--abo--fi] 20540 �bo [jhagman--infa--abo--fi] Finland

[11/21] from: stefan:falk:slg:se at: 10-Aug-2000 8:42

Nopes, I ain't seen mine yet. ;) Regards, Stefan Falk

[12/21] from: rebol:phb:tesco at: 15-Aug-2000 20:00

Hi Guys, Anyone have any idea about what is th easiest (and/or cheapest) way to get REBOL: The Official Guide over here in the UK ?? Cheers PHil

[13/21] from: al:bri:xtra at: 16-Aug-2000 16:47

> Anyone have any idea about what is the easiest (and/or cheapest) way to

get "REBOL: The Official Guide" over here in the UK ?? I have no idea about that, but my copy just arrived yesterday in New Zealand. So be friends with your local technical book shop, and ask them. :-) Now I just have to get my money for the book to arrive more quickly! :-) Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/

[14/21] from: johnkenyon:ibm at: 16-Aug-2000 9:03

Phil, I ordered mine over the Rebol press site with the cheapest shipping option and it came to ~37UKP. Takes a while to come through though ... cheers, john

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Hi Guys, Anyone have any idea about what is th easiest (and/or cheapest) way to get REBOL: The Official Guide over here in the UK ?? Cheers PHil

[15/21] from: lance:edusei:s1 at: 22-Aug-2000 11:16

8/15/00 9:00:17 PM, [rebol--phb--tesco--net] wrote: Hi Phil, Finally, a question I can answer, because its completely non- technical. I strolled into Blackwell's last week and there it was sitting an the shelf. Surely it can't be that easy, I thought, but it was. Its about �27 - not bad considering that its pretty hefty. Hope that helps :-) Lance.

[16/21] from: al:bri:xtra at: 24-Aug-2000 16:15

Finally got my copy. It's nice to see my name in it. That's now the second book my name is in. :-) Just a note to Elan, if there's a second edition, the two lists of name on page xvi need to be swapped. Andrew Martin World Famous Rebol... ICQ: 26227169 http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/

[17/21] from: jeff:rebol at: 23-Aug-2000 23:43

Howdy Andrew:

> Finally got my copy. It's nice to see my name in it. That's now the second > book my name is in. :-) > > Just a note to Elan, if there's a second edition, the two > lists of name on page xvi need to be swapped.

It really is pretty fitting, though, you know. RT's motto is that the users always come first! (-: -jeff Proud rebol mailing list member since 1998

[18/21] from: al:bri:xtra at: 24-Aug-2000 19:54

> Howdy Andrew:

Hey, Jeff!

> > Finally got my copy. It's nice to see my name in it. That's now the

second book my name is in. :-)

> > > > Just a note to Elan, if there's a second edition, the two lists of

name on page xvi need to be swapped.

> It really is pretty fitting, though, you know. RT's motto is that the

users always come first! (-: Yes. In which case, Elan will have to rearrange the text before each block of names. :-) Otherwise I'll be demanding my share of the hot tubs! :-D

> -jeff > Proud rebol mailing list member since 1998

Me too. Here's to Rebol, may it live long and prosper! Hip hip, hooray! Hip hip, hooray! Hip hip, hooray! Andrew Martin Look for my name in: Rebol - The Official Guide. And in: Rebol mailing list. ICQ: 26227169 http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/

[19/21] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 25-Aug-2000 16:51

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:15:46 +1200 [Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz] wrote:

> Finally got my copy. It's nice to see my name in it.

Did you get yours locally or directly from Rebolpress? I see that flyingpig have it and at a price much less than if purchased from overseas. No book reviews there though. -- Graham Chiu

[20/21] from: al:bri:xtra at: 26-Aug-2000 10:39

> > Finally got my copy. It's nice to see my name in it. > > Did you get yours locally or directly from Rebolpress?

I ordered mine locally, from the Dymocks shop in Napier, less than five minutes walk from my house.

> I see that flyingpig have it and at a price much less than if purchased

from overseas. No book reviews there though. I think it's great! :-) Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/

[21/21] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 27-Aug-2000 16:32

On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 10:39:30 +1200 [Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz] wrote:

> I ordered mine locally, from the Dymocks shop in Napier, > less than five > minutes walk from my house.

Thanks for the tip. I found it in Dymocks in Lambton Quay, and purchased it today. -- Graham Chiu