Physicist: For those of you who pre-ordered my book (You’re the real heroes. Thank you!), you probably got an email from Amazon this morning saying that your order was canceled.
But have no fear, the book is definitely not canceled. Last year, Springer gave Amazon a rather optimistic publication date, last March 14th, but didn’t bother to update it for several months. When that time came and went (plus eight weeks) Amazon figured that the book didn’t exist and temporarily pulled the plug.
Bureaucracy’s latest victim: the pre-orders of “Do Colors Exist?: And Other Profound Physics Questions”.
Here’s the good news. It’s fixed. You can now pre-order or even re-pre-order through Amazon and the books will be ready to be shipped by May 28th. I’m speaking to Springer calmly and with measured tone about providing some kind of special deal through this webpage to apologize for this mass canceling. Until that happens: I’m really, really sorry to everyone this has affected. Please consider ordering again.
And if it hasn’t affected you; listen, it’s a really good book. You’d like it.
Will you also have an ebook format? I like reading books, but can’t run around having hundreds of books on me. Ebooks give me the flexibility I need.
In any case, this blog actually shone same light and colour on the questions I (un)usually have about the world around me 😀
@Manny
Yes! There will be an ebook version and even translations. I’m afraid I don’t know when those will be ready though.
I second Manny. Looking forward to this book, but gotta have the e-version.
Keep up the good work!
Will there be a Kindle version? If you do that equations can be trick on Kindle and publisher needs to do a good job on them.
@Traruh Synred
Thanks! I’ll have to triple check that when they’re putting it together.
Will there be a eBook verion?
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@Traruh Synred
Yes! I’ll make a big deal about it when that happens.
Does the book contain more than the posts here on your blog? I have read almost all of them, that’s why I ask.
@Kamil
In order to keep the rights to the posts (to keep them online and free) I had to edit, re-write, and combine articles in such a way that they were “different enough”. If you’ve read every post (I’m flattered), then most of the book should look familiar.
he book is definitely not canceled. Last year, Springer gave Amazon a rather optimistic publication date, last March 14th, but didn’t bother to update it for several months. When that time came and went (plus eight weeks) Amazon figured that the book didn’t exist and temporarily pulled the plug.