Tavmjong Bah wrote the following on 10/22/2009 1:52 PM:

Hi,

I am pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of my book "Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program" is available at:

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php

This edition is also available as a book(!) and as a PDF download. The PDF version is available as of today at:

http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=013706134X

The book version is scheduled to be available November 6th. It can be ordered at:

http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137051735

or from many on-line bookstores including some based in the US, Europe, and Japan. Note that the book version is printed in black and white.* A color addendum is available as a free PDF download from the book's website.

The new 3rd edition covers all the new features in Inkscape version 0.47 including the updated Pen and Pencil tools, the new Eraser Tool, and the new Snap Bar. Also covered are all the new extensions and the new "Preset" filters.

I would like to thank all the people who have sent me comments and corrections to previous versions of the book as well as all the Inkscape developers past and present. I would also like to thank everybody who has supported the guide through purchasing the PDF version (which helps to keep my wife off my back!).

				Tav

• Due to the limited volume expected for this book, printing in color is

prohibitively expensive.

Awesome! Thank-you for all of your hard work, Tav. Your book is my number one resource for learning about Inkscape features. :)

heathenx

On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 10:04 +0200, J.B.C.Engelen@...2072... wrote:

Congratulations on this 3rd edition Tav.

Thanks

It pains me to read: "The implementation of LPEs has many bugs, especially if removing effects from a path or chaining LPEs. Paths can be left with LPE cruft in their attributes and without a valid SVG path. You can always check objects with the XML Editor dialog. It may be useful to vacuum the file (File → Vacuum Defs) to remove unused LPE definitions. Save work often! "

It pains me because it's true :-(

For the Knot LPE, I fixed it for groups such that the switcher does work.

Thanks for fixing that. I will update the online guide at some point and also add an online 'errata" for the print versions to cover last minute changes.

Tav

On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 13:38 -0500, John Culleton wrote:

On Thursday 22 October 2009 13:52:15 Tavmjong Bah wrote:

...

Hi,

I am pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of my book

"Inkscape:

...

Guide to a Vector Drawing Program" is available at:

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.php

This edition is also available as a book(!) and as a PDF

download. The

...

PDF version is available as of today at:

http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=013706134X

Just ordered the book through Informit. That site promised me a $12 discount if I answered a survey. I answered the questions, but then the web page hung up waiting for a response. I went through the process again and again the web page hung up. Finally I ordered the book without answering the survey and was able to get my order through. I did get a discount of about $4.

Go figure.

Thanks for ordering the book! I will inform the publisher of the problem you had. The book is now in stock an amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and a few other places, also with a discount.

Tav