| Book Tour Report [message #75831] |
Thu, 28 April 2011 11:14 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
Just thought some of you might be interested in hearing
about the recent "book tour" I was on, mostly visiting
national labs in the Washington, D.C. and Virgina areas.
The turn-out for these seminars was overwhelming. In one
case, literally, as we couldn't fit more chairs into the
room and people were forced to stand in the hall where
they couldn't see the screen to listen to the presentation!
I sold all the books I had with me (all I could carry!) and
more besides. I am *extremely* grateful to the folks who
helped me set these seminars up. It was a lot of fun
meeting old friends and people I had only known previously
via e-mail and this newsgroup.
Coyote had to get involved, of course, and it wasn't
until I got to the rental car counter that I realized
he had switched my driver's license with one that had
expired six months ago when I was on my long walk in
Oregon! Yikes! Let's just say I am *extremely* grateful
to a certain Chinese bus company who picked me up in
front of a Chinese grocery in Washington and dumped
me in front of a similar location in Virgina Beach.
(Not to mention in-laws who have, unfortunately, come
to expect this kind of behavior from me.) Live the
adventure, I always say. :-)
Anyway, all this activity has pushed the book
(briefly) above the 25,000th most popular on Amazon
yesterday. I have a ways to go to catch Slaughter
House Five, but I'm making progress, and it's clear
that *someone* is buying the darn thing, and hopefully
reading it! If you are someone who *has* read it, please
consider writing an Amazon review of the book. You don't
have to have purchased the book at Amazon to write a
review, by the way.
I have been thinking a great deal about the next book
I hope to work on, and I think I am extremely close
to making a decision about this. If you have strong
views on this topic, this would be a good time to
voice them. This one may take some time to write and
may have to be written in a less sustained way,
as people are asking for courses to be taught in
far-off and exotic lands and I find it very hard to
pass these kinds of opportunities up. :-)
Mostly, though, I want to say thanks again to the
folks on this newsgroup whose overwhelming support
and encouragement makes it possible for me to do this
work. You really are the best!
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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