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This will be a very interesting experiment. We're certainly keen to release the second edition of Eloquent JavaScript and excited to see Marijn hard at work.

Who knows. Perhaps this will become some sort of interesting blended model for other authors.

-- Bill Pollock, No Starch Press

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Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't aware of that. I'll be sure to strip that information from future comments.

Hey, No Starch Press guy... what is up with your book covers? I have a print copy of Land of Lisp and the texture of the cover material is repugnant. It feels like the phlegm of Cthulhu hardened and pressed into book form. I have actually considered cutting the covers off just so I don't have to touch them.

Interesting. We actually love the texture and so does our author :) That's called a scuff-free matte finish. It's actually a plastic, overall gloss laminate with a matte finish on top. I personally hate glossy covers because I hate fingerprints. Cut the cover off if you like but matte is our preference.

FWIW Land of Lisp feels incredible to me.

Try adding some starch.

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