New book: Go in Action

[Evan Shaw]

Hi all,

I'm excited to announce the early access release of my book, Go in Action.

Go in Action
by Evan Shaw
Published by Manning Publications Co.
ISBN: 9781617290787

The complete e-book is expected by the end of the year and the print
version is expected in spring 2013.

Go in Action is a full guided tour of the Go 1 programming language
and some of its commonly-used packages. It targets programmers who
know at least one other language, but might be suitable for motivated
novices. It covers the basics quickly so more time can be spent
exploring features like interfaces and concurrency. Later chapters
focus on network programming and web services, and the final chapters
address advanced topics like reflection, unsafe, and cgo.

I want to stress that the book isn't finished -- even the parts that
have been released. By being a part of the early access release, you
can read chapters as they're written and influence the contents of the
book through your feedback. I appreciate any comments I get and take
them seriously.

We're offering a 37% discount to golang-nuts subscribers. Use the
coupon code 12go37 to receive this discount. You can purchase the book
through Manning's website:
http://affiliate.manning.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=1238_306&tid1=golang-nuts

- Evan

[Justin Israel]

Just ordered both the ebook and print. Thanks!!

[Christopher Hobbs]

Wonderful! I just ordered the eBook, myself.

Thanks a ton!

[Aaron France]

Maybe I am just dense but where is the "buy" button?

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:02 AM, <dipt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Evan,

Thanks for taking the time to write this. Do you have any update on the book, I was wondering when the book is going to be published? Eagerly waiting for new chapters to come out :)

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[Aaron France]

Unfortunate.

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Dimitar Kostov <mitko....@gmail.com> wrote:

I think the book is canceled. I bought the ebook, but this is what it shows now in my manning account - http://i.imgur.com/A2Y7xSf.png 

[roger peppe]

That's really sad. From the early chapters it seemed like the best Go
book I've seen
(admittedly from a very small sample!)

On 3 May 2013 22:21, Dimitar Kostov <mitko....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the book is canceled. I bought the ebook, but this is what it shows
> now in my manning account - http://i.imgur.com/A2Y7xSf.png
>
>
> On Friday, May 3, 2013 11:32:05 PM UTC+3, Aaron France wrote:
>>

[Russel Winder]

On Sat, 2013-05-04 at 05:42 +0100, roger peppe wrote:
> That's really sad. From the early chapters it seemed like the best Go
> book I've seen
> (admittedly from a very small sample!)

Anyone know Evan Shaw to find out what happened?

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[Paddy Foran]

I work with him. I'll point out that this thread exists, to ensure he knows about it, but I can't promise anything. He may have his own reasons for not commenting here, and I'll respect those. I have a lot of respect for him, and am sure that if he has decided not to continue on with the book, it is for a very good reason, even if it is for a reason he is not able to or comfortable sharing.

As I said, though, I'll direct him to the thread in case it got overlooked in his inbox.

[Evan Shaw]

Hi all,

I plan on posting a retrospective on my Google+ once I've actually straightened out the full story with Manning. I'm very disappointed and I'm sorry to any of you who bought the MEAP and are inconvenienced by the cancellation.

- Evan

[Justin Israel]

Ya I actually just remembered I had early ordered the book, and went to look for it thinking it must be completely out by now... then found it was cancelled :-(

The strange thing is that Manning doesn't just issue you a refund when a book is canceled, nor do they mention it is canceled on the page for the book. I only figured out how to access the refund by stumbling on their beta.manning.com, logging into an existing account, and seeing the book listed there with a link to request the refund. So I suppose their style of business is just to make the customers actually track the status of the book and ask for their money back directly, instead of just automatically refunding early orders for people when a book cancels.

Would love to read the retrospective when it is available. 

[luz...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:10:00 AM UTC+2, Justin Israel wrote:

Ya I actually just remembered I had early ordered the book, and went to look for it thinking it must be completely out by now... then found it was cancelled :-( 

I thought it was continued:

https://twitter.com/bketelsen/status/340805186949898240 

[roger peppe]

That's great news. I had the good fortune to have a preview
of the first chapter or so, and thought it was really excellent.

[Justin Israel]

Ah cool! Thanks for pointing out that link.

[Rob Pike]

I believe you are conflating two different books.

-rob

[luz...@gmail.com]

On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:32:25 PM UTC+2, Rob Pike wrote:

I believe you are conflating two different books.

-rob

Until recently I thought bketelsen is writing for The Pragmatic Bookshelf: http://pragprog.com/book/bkgo/the-go-programming-language 

But in the tweets I linked he explicitely wrote: "manning publisher. Go in Action. taking over this book: http://manning.com/shaw/"

[Brian Ketelsen]

Prag canceled the Go book.  I am now writing Go in Action for Manning, along with Erik St. Martin.  We expect an Early Release in the next few weeks.

Brian 

[Damian Gryski]

  In other book-ish news, I was contacted by Packt Publishing (me? Why me?  Ah, probably just spamming...) about working on a Packt Video course for Go.  Not sure if they found anybody, though..

   Damian 

[roger peppe]

So is this "Go in Action" actually related to the originally proposed
Evan Shaw book of the same
name, or is it a complete rewrite?

[Brian Ketelsen]

It’s a complete rewrite. The original copy “belongs” to Evan, so we have no rights to use any of the material, unless he wishes to convey those rights.

Brian

[Sebastien Douche]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Brian Ketelsen <bket...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Prag canceled the Go book. I am now writing Go in Action for Manning, along
> with Erik St. Martin. We expect an Early Release in the next few weeks.

Great news.


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[Rob Pike]

Thanks for clearing that up.

-rob

[roger peppe]

Well, that's a pity. I thought the original was beautifully clear
and simple, in a way that the only other Go book I've seen
was not - it reminded me a little of K&R.

I hope you manage something similarly elegant - I have every
confidence!

[Dominik Honnef]

Damian Gryski <dgr...@gmail.com> writes:

> In other book-ish news, I was contacted by Packt Publishing (me? Why me?
> Ah, probably just spamming...) about working on a Packt Video course for
> Go. Not sure if they found anybody, though..
>
> Damian

Packt is the kind of publisher that randomly contacts as many people as
they can, even if those only have remotely to do with the topic they
want you to write about or create videos for or whatever. Quite a number
of Go contributors, for example, have been contacted numerous times to
write a book or review a book or create a video course. And since their
book is called "Google Go" now, I don't think they'll have found many
contributors who were willing to review it.

[Justin Israel]

Packt has contacted me about probably 3-4 different titles now. The first time they did, I thought it was something special, but then I realized that they do just scan around the internets for anyone with even a keyword in their information. 

I was contacted once by someone, for whom I had answered a StackOverflow question relating to PyQt4, telling me he had been approached by Packt to write a book on PyQt4. He was really excited to do it, even though his experience on the topic, as per his StackOverflow questions, was beginner/intermediate :-)

They finally started contacting me about reviewing books now. I'm really excited to do this, because they will give me a free book for my efforts.

[Brian Ketelsen]

The Go In Action book is available via Manning's Early Access program today.  http://www.goinactionbook.com  If you purchase before 3/26/2014 you may use code mlketelsen for a 50% discount.

Thanks everyone for their patience while we work hard to make a book that makes the Go community proud.

Brian/Erik/Bill

[Shawn Milochik]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Brian Ketelsen <bket...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Go In Action book is available via Manning's Early Access program today.  http://www.goinactionbook.com  If you purchase before 3/26/2014 you may use code mlketelsen for a 50% discount.

Thanks for the info. FYI, the code isn't good for the e-book + print bundle -- only the e-book by itself. Still a good deal.

 

[Brian Ketelsen]

We just got word that they updated the code to be available for both the ebook and print bundle.

Best,

Brian 

[Chris Schaefer]

i just purchased the ebook/print bundle and looks like the 50% applied
as expected

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[Brian Ketelsen]

Manning tells me you’ll get an opportunity to upgrade to the printed book at discounted levels later in the MEAP process if you were only able to buy the ebook using the discount code.

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[LG]

Thanks! Ordered one.

[0x0b...@gmail.com]

is this book finished? and when and where can i buy it?

在 2012年7月26日星期四UTC+8上午4时14分15秒，Evan Shaw写道：

[Shawn Milochik]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 10:53 PM, <0x0b...@gmail.com> wrote:

is this book finished? and when and where can i buy it?

It's not finished, but you can buy the electronic version now and get what's done, with updates as more chapters are finished.

http://www.manning.com/ketelsen/

 

[Fan Zhang]

thx a lot :)

在 2014年12月2日星期二UTC+8上午3时46分44秒，Shawn Milochik写道：

[lucas Sá e Sant' Anna]

Hey Lads,

Any news about this book ? 

[Dimitar Kostov]

The book is canceled as stated before. You can get a refund or choose another 2 books.

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[Shawn Milochik]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Dimitar Kostov <mitko....@gmail.com> wrote:

The book is canceled as stated before. You can get a refund or choose another 2 books.

I'm pretty sure you must be confusing it with another book.

http://www.manning.com/ketelsen/

It's still there, and they just released an update to the pre-release on January 20th.

The authors have been active on Twitter.

Please provide your reference indicating the book has been canceled.

 

[Dimitar Kostov]

You can see the first message where I'm talking about the first Go In Action book by Evan Shaw. That book was canceled.

Later Brian Ketelsen, Erik St. Martin, and William Kennedy wrote the book in your link and they also used the name Go In Action.  

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[Shawn Milochik]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Dimitar Kostov <mitko....@gmail.com> wrote:

You can see the first message where I'm talking about the first Go In Action book by Evan Shaw. That book was canceled.

Later Brian Ketelsen, Erik St. Martin, and William Kennedy wrote the book in your link and they also used the name Go In Action.  

Oh, I didn't know that history. At least it's very clear now to anyone who happens upon this thread and doesn't go back and read the older posts.

Thanks.