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ANSI CL Reference Book publication date delayed to late February 2008

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

I already talked about the planned book ANSI Common Lisp Reference Book by David Margolies (Apress), which I preordered at Amazon in August 2004:

• Why I preordered the upcoming Apress Lisp books
• Upcoming and future Lisp books
• ANSI CL Reference Book to be published in February 2006
(update: Apress staff eventually replied, providing an even more unreliable estimated publication date. In January 2006 I got mail by a Franz employee, mentioning that David Margolies was very busy and not having time to complete the book back then).

I have confirmed the order one more time. But I am having second thoughts and I will probably cancel it. This book is vaporware. I don't care who to blame for the delay, waiting 4 years for an announced book is just too much, even considering the patience of Lispers.

I no longer want to support publishers and authors who treat customers this way. It's just bad business.