in reply to The Science Perl Journal, Issue #1 (Vol. 1, No. 1): Summer 2024 is finally here!

Oh, BTW, B&N does not ship to most european countries. So even if i'd choose painted dead trees instead of the (not yet) existing ebook version, i would still be unable to buy a copy. (Well, technically, i could buy a copy if i pick some random U.S. address, but that's not the point).

What kind of publisher doesn't ship books(*) internationally these days???


(*) "...and other printed works". Hey, the journal has way-too-small¹ text on multiple pages made from paper, it folds in the middle and you could use dog-ears to mark where you stopped reading. It's technically a book.

¹ This is an assumption. But as i get older, more and more books seem to have too small text for me to read. Coincidence? I think not!

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Re^2: The Science Perl Journal, Issue #1 (Vol. 1, No. 1): Summer 2024 is finally here!
by ysth (Canon) on Oct 28, 2024 at 15:18 UTC

    Seems that the pBook revolution that was predicted 10 years ago has not come to pass.

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Re^2: The Science Perl Journal, Issue #1 (Vol. 1, No. 1): Summer 2024 is finally here!
by gpvos (Acolyte) on Oct 29, 2024 at 23:40 UTC
    It appears that B&N specifically excludes the EU (and for some reason Norway and for now still the UK), so I guess they're unable or unwilling to comply with some EU law. Besides EFTA countries like Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, the order form does list a few other places where most or all EU laws apply such as the Azores, San Marino, Monaco, Corsica(!) and Gibraltar, so it looks like they're a bit sloppy. I suppose I'll look into myus.com, but I'd love to have an alternative.
Re^2: The Science Perl Journal, Issue #1 (Vol. 1, No. 1): Summer 2024 is finally here!
by oodler (Beadle) on Oct 28, 2024 at 17:11 UTC
    From the sounds of it, people are using myus.com. I can't speak of B&N's decisions on shipping. We picked it before we considered where they shipped.