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On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« on: October 03, 2012, 04:02:43 AM »
I went looking for the Brian Bagnall's sequel on Commodore and the Amiga and was surprised by the following:

It will ship this month:

http://www.ipgbook.com/commodore-products-9780973864991.php?page_id=32&pid=VAR

It is also on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Amiga-Years-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0973864990

Looks pretty nice!

540 pages!

-P
« Last Edit: October 03, 2012, 04:06:56 AM by Pentad »
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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2012, 05:08:41 AM »
Thanks for the tip!

We need a 'like' button! I like the info, but really don't have anything to add! :laughing:
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2012, 09:22:59 AM »
Great book, I can't wait to buy it. Thanks for the info Pentad.
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 12:29:11 PM »
I'm pretty excited about this book.

I ended up paying $18.32 with free shipping on Amazon which I think is a good deal.


I will post when it is released.


Cheers!

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 12:40:05 PM »
I dont understand why this series isnt available for kindle at a sensible price, some of these books on commodore cost MORE on kindle than paperback!!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Future-Was-Here-Commodore/dp/0262017202/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

Pathetic, should be $5-7 on kindle max!!!
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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2012, 01:01:15 PM »
It's cost me £20 from Amazon UK ... still ordered it though!
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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2012, 01:03:44 PM »
I just dont have much disposable income these days (kids are worse than women at reducing your finances to rubble!). :(
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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2012, 02:09:37 PM »
Amazon US also recommends:

Commodore: The Amiga Years
The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga
Commodore: A Company On The Edge
On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
Fire In The Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)

That's a lot of reading!
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2012, 04:05:25 PM »
Quote from: MiAmigo;710166
Amazon US also recommends:

Commodore: The Amiga Years
The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga
Commodore: A Company On The Edge
On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
Fire In The Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)

That's a lot of reading!


I have all the other books and have read them.  I guess I do not have a life.  :-(  (I have two kids though..single Dad).

Fire in the Valley was good but mostly about PC/Mac and little or nothing about Atari or Commodore.  It was Fire in the Valley that inspired The Pirates of Silicon Valley.

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2012, 04:51:40 PM »
I don't buy paper books these days, it's just pointless...
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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2012, 08:42:40 PM »
Quote from: persia;710186
I don't buy paper books these days, it's just pointless...



Well that's good info here for rest of us, thanks a lot pal. I'll just go to my pointless Amiga book (which is made of oh-so-old-papyrus) and read myself to sleep. g'nite!
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 10:12:08 PM »
i think it'll be a good read. But the 'blurbs' they write on the back cover ultimately make me think commodore made lots of bad decisions and therefore went bankrupt. So, in marketing terms they failed to appeal to the 'market', or just maybe, they tried to appeal to a market that wasn't ready because most people use computers for simple data processing at the time and didn't have much brand awareness. I hope that its the story of a revolutionary computer which didn't fail, because if it did, i wouldn't be here expressing views on Amiga.org. And I hope at the end of the book it will express the legacy that Amiga has left behind and a future with or without commodore.
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2012, 12:21:52 AM »
Bought "Commodore" by Brian Bagnall for $9.95 US on the Apple iBook Store, read all 540 pages in 2 days, awesome.

Awaiting the sequel..

The book 'The Future Was here' is a ridiculous $27.00 US from the iBook Store, so I won't be reading that.
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2012, 01:32:09 AM »
Yep this will be a great read. I really enjoyed commodore a company on the edge. Love amigas.
 

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Re: On the Edge: The Amiga Years
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2012, 03:30:48 AM »
Quote from: touringsedan;710207
Bought "Commodore" by Brian Bagnall for $9.95 US on the Apple iBook Store, read all 540 pages in 2 days, awesome.
 
Awaiting the sequel..
 
The book 'The Future Was here' is a ridiculous $27.00 US from the iBook Store, so I won't be reading that.

Hardcover is less than $20 on Amazon. Kindle is less than $15. Now we know why I dont buy from iBooks.