I have ordered the book from PennyPress and there is no link to download it.
I have also ordered the hardcopy through Amazon.
It is due later this month but the document that comes with the order says to refer to the initial e-mail.
Perhaps someone on here could shed some light on this?
I'm new to B4A, and am very interested in purchasing the book.
Payment choices offered are CC, ECheck, or PayPal, but they *all*
take me to a PayPal page, where I must use an existing PP account,
or sign up for one, to make payment.
Is this the only option? I don't have a PayPal account, and would
prefer not to have one. `
No, if you want to pay by credit or debit card, you don't need to create a Paypal account. You can click on "Don't have a Paypal account?" and go to a page where you can enter your credit card number without creating an account.
My CIBC Debit Card has a VISA logo on it. The ONLY place I can use this as a VISA is with PayPal. I registered this card with them as a Debit Visa.
Helps with PayPal but everywhere else they assume it is a VISA card (so I keep my thumb over the VISA logo when I expose it to the teller).
I thought there would be a smartass that would say that.. But I was hoping for the best there wasn't one.
The reason I ask is that I have brought the eBook version but on Amazon the hard copy shows a index and table of contents but the eBook doesn't have that.
Before I get another smartass, I guess I could just use Ctrl+F to search for what I am looking for but I rather a index or table of contents.
No, you do not need a Paypal account and you do not need to create one.
Click on the link "Don't have a Paypal account?" and you will be able to pay with a credit or debit card, like in any store.
The text of the electronic and paperback books are substantially the same. The differences are:
The electronic versions have no index: an index would not work since page numbers don't have any meaning in electronic editions. It is assumed readers will be able to easily search the text using their reader's search facility.
The paper version lacks the hyperlinks which the electronic versions have, but instead it has page number links (if the target is more than 2 pages away).
The electronic versions have an electronic table of contents which is more extensive than the brief table of contents in the paper version.
Apart from this the paper and electronic versions are identical.
The book is officially published today, so the half-price offer has now ended. However to avoid disappointment, for a limited period you can get a 25% discount by going to http://buy.basic4android.info/
Sorry you missed the full 50% discount.
You should receive an email with the title "Penny Press Store: download files (order nnn)"
If you don't please email sales@pennypress.co.uk with your order number and we will send you the links.
The text of the electronic and paperback books are substantially the same. The differences are:
The electronic versions have no index: an index would not work since page numbers don't have any meaning in electronic editions. It is assumed readers will be able to easily search the text using their reader's search facility.
The paper version lacks the hyperlinks which the electronic versions have, but instead it has page number links (if the target is more than 2 pages away).
The electronic versions have an electronic table of contents which is more extensive than the brief table of contents in the paper version.
Apart from this the paper and electronic versions are identical.
I would of liked to have the table of contents and index in the eBook version as well rather than using the built in electronic reader contents and search.
I would of liked to have the table of contents and index in the eBook version as well rather than using the built in electronic reader contents and search.
Sorry, but an index just would not work for an electronic book. Page numbers don't have any meaning in an electronic reader, since the user can change the font size and so the pages change. (Admittedly, in the PDF version the page numbers are fixed, but the same text is required for all electronic versions, otherwise we would have to publish them all as different books, which could get complicated!)
Regarding table of contents, all the electronic versions contain a table of contents which is actually a lot more detailed than that in the paper version, but for the pdf you need to use your reader to access it. For the mobi and epub editions, the detailed table of contents is at the bottom of the document.