Implementing a simple INT from stat to finish

[lester]

A compromise might be an Example section with limited examples that may be copy/pasted with minor modifications. In my opinion, Daryl did lots of that with what has already been committed to the Book.

Just how far do we want to take this?

At this stage, until you see significant interest from users, ( via discussion on the forum ) why not produce your "primer" or whatever and link to it from the code examples section.

IF ever there was significant interest, its easy to spin up ints.picbasic.co.uk or whatever and create a dedicated and detailed resource to 'teach' a beginner how to setup and use interrupts from scratch on a modern day device.

Having said that, the "book" as it stands is really very web based., I could install and extension that , if implemented would allow the viewer to print the site in a true book format. Such that you could use the resource as a collaborative desktop publishing system, to generate publishing-quality books, e-books and other documents from any collection of pages or all pages in the resource.

Why do we want to do this? Reading long documents on screen is still a poor substitute for reading the same content on paper. Word processor output is of higher quality than a printed web page, and the output of high end publishing software is better still. Using the resource as a collaborative publishing environment ensures consistency of published output, allowing authors to focus on content rather than being distracted by presentation matters.

if you wanted to take this further, i'm happy to provide the resources, but I think you'd need to gauge interest first.

[mpgmike]

We used to publish my books through CafePress.com. They no longer handle books. I'm in the process of porting my books to Amazon. Amazon has more stringent criteria for submitted books. I'm running into Amazon flags because of the DPI of the pictures I used, as an example.

With that said, it doesn't cost anything to list a book on Amazon. They offer Print on Demand for hard copies so there are, again, no upfront fees. They also have the eBook option where folks can download it. I would suggest if this is an attractive option, let's target later this year after getting constructive criticism from members. Surely there are little quirks missed by the contributors. With a little time, most of them can be found and fixed. Then the job of editing & compiling can produce a high quality product worthy of print.

[Ioannis]

If at the end we need a print format, I am willing to help as this is my second job. DTP for Publishing House (actually my brothers and mine).

Also the prices for print copies on-demand are dead low in Greece.

Consider just this (print and binder cost, not the pagination or cover art work): Pages/4 x .05 + 1 euros for a complete book (B/W internal and color laminated cover).

So if we decide to go that way, count me in. I am afraid though that interest is not much.

Initial idea for complete examples of Interrupts is great and in my opinion can be stored in the Cookbook as well.

Ioannis

[lester]

Consider just this (print and binder cost, not the pagination or cover art work): Pages/4 x .05 + 1 euros for a complete book (B/W internal and color laminated cover).

80/4 = 20

x .05 = 1

+ 1 Eu

= 2Eu Per 80 page Book with colour cover ( what type of binding?)

is that correct? for how many booklets would that be?

[Ioannis]

Binding only with glue.

Starting from ... 1!

Keep in mind that no other cost is calculated (page layout, cover design, any image processing etc).

This is the net cost for printing and binding plus everything else. Usually the total cost is increased by about 150 euros for the cover design, another 20-40 euros per 16 pages (depends on the material, text, maths, pictures etc) and a profit margin of 30% plus any taxes.

But for the forum I can help and manage to have only the printing cost. I don't know how much will be the shipping cost. From Greece it is a bit expensive. Maybe an account from your side could help.

Ioannis

[lester]

well, thats interesting. Prices for production have really dropped . I guess you might recall that Crownhill used to publish some books - like the excellent 'Experimenting with PICBASIC Pro' and similar. They were all perfect bound with colour front and rear and colour on some graphics inside. So i can see that current production costs are way lower than they used to be. Very interesting.

[Ioannis]

My town has a really hard competition. Athens is more expensive and rest of Europe too expensive either in print-on-demand or Offset.

Usually for a 1 copy of an A4 page you pay 0,03 euro and some do even 0,025 for more copies...!

That of course for a photocopy quality, not Print quality.

Ioannis